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Glory Mountain

Glory Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Glory Mountain rises to 2,165 m in Washington. Goode Mountain stands 2,812 m to the northeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Trapper Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 12 miles off.

The story

Glory Mountain is a 7,228-foot (2,203-metre) mountain summit located in the North Cascades Range in Chelan County of Washington state. Glory Mountain is situated southeast of Trapper Lake on the shared border of North Cascades National Park and Glacier Peak Wilderness. The nearest higher peak is Trapper Mountain, 1.72 miles (2.77 km) to the west. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Cottonwood Creek and Flat Creek, both tributaries of the Stehekin River. An unofficially named secondary peak called Halleluja Peak 7,120+ ft (2,170+ m) lies 0.32 miles (0.51 km) to the west of the summit.

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Wikidata Q49031699, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2165 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.43207, -120.97955

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 14
  • Green View Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Greenwood Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Crown Point Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Lyman Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • Miners Cabin (ruined): 16.3 mi
  • Gilbert Ghost Town: 19.2 mi
  • North Cascading: 21.2 mi
  • Brown bear mine camp: 23.2 mi
Hot springs: 2
Parks: 2
  • Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 16.5 mi
  • Pressentin County Park: 21.8 mi
Museums: 2
Gardens: 1
  • The Garden: 15.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Buck Creek Pass Spring: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Glory Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goode MountainNE 42°2,812 m4.7 mi
Buckner MountainNNW 348°2,779 m4.4 mi
Mount LoganN 10°2,724 m7.4 mi
Dome PeakSSW 194°2,719 m9.2 mi
Black PeakNE 50°2,719 m9.8 mi
Boston PeakNNW 329°2,711 m5.1 mi
Eldorado PeakNW 316°2,703 m10.2 mi
Forbidden PeakNNW 327°2,687 m6.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:17
June solstice05:0320:2021:10
September equinox06:5118:2219:04
December solstice07:5415:1716:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293238475662706960473529
Precip in6.83.73.61.41.10.80.50.51.03.76.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stehekin 4 NW, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1520011 — Glory Mountain, Chelan County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356545025

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