Finney Peak
Finney Peak rises to 2,459 m in Washington. Oval Peak stands 2,665 m to the north-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Skookum Puss Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 15 miles off.
The story
Finney Peak is an 8,110-foot (2,470-metre) mountain summit located west of Sawtooth Ridge (The Sawtooths), a sub-range of the North Cascades in Chelan County of Washington state. Finney Peak is situated within the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness on land managed by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. The nearest higher peak is Star Peak, 3 miles (4.8 km) to the northeast. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into nearby Lake Chelan via Prince Creek and Cascade Creek.
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Wikidata Q49028903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,459 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skookum Puss Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Star Peak: 3.1 mi
- Horton Butte: 3.1 mi
- Courtney Peak: 3.4 mi
- Domke Falls: 5.1 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- Monkey Bear Falls: 12.4 mi
- 10 Mile Falls: 13.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.0 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
- Bendtsen Public Access: 15.6 mi
- Carlton Swimming Hole: 16.1 mi
- Twisp Commons Park: 18.9 mi
- Twisp River Burgar Street Access Point: 18.9 mi
- Handy Spring: 16.4 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 16.5 mi
- Halfway Spring: 17.3 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 18.1 mi
- Windy Camp Spring: 22.5 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Painted Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Lucky Jim Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 17.4 mi
- Historical Site of Alder Mine MILL: 18.5 mi
- Miners Cabin (ruined): 23.9 mi
- Entro: 18.9 mi
- Wings of the West Wind: 22.2 mi
- Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 22.3 mi
- Holden Museum: 14.2 mi
- Methow Valley Interpretive Center: 18.9 mi
- Methow Salmon Recovery Ponds: 18.4 mi
- Aaron Johnson Park: 19.2 mi
- Moore: 7.1 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Finney Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oval Peak | NNE 20° | 2,665 m | 5.4 mi |
| Star Peak | NNE 33° | 2,644 m | 3.1 mi |
| Cardinal Peak | SW 222° | 2,608 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | E 86° | 2,574 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hoodoo Peak | ENE 65° | 2,571 m | 6.2 mi |
| Emerald Peak | SW 228° | 2,565 m | 10.2 mi |
| Saska Peak | SW 229° | 2,560 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,546 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 20:18 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:17 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1519541 — Finney Peak, Chelan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544916
Day trips start here
- Winthrop · 22 mi
- North Cascades · 26 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 28 mi
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