Gold Mountain
Gold Mountain rises to 528 m in Washington. Mount Constance stands 2,364 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Gold Mountain is a 1,761-foot (537 m) summit in the Blue Hills on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington state, in the United States' Pacific Northwest. It is the highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula and the highest point in Kitsap County, Washington, and nearby 1,639-foot (500 m) Green Mountain is the second-highest point. The mountain lies partly on private land, partly in the City of Bremerton watershed inaccessible to the general public, and partly in the adjacent 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) Green Mountain State Forest which is open to hikers, horses, and on- and off-road vehicles. Most of the eastern half of Gold Mountain is in the city watershed, with the Union River reservoir at the foot. The summit itself is in a quarter quarter section exclave of the state forest, connected at a corner. The summit is about 660 feet (200 m) outside the city limits, six miles (9.7 km) west of downtown Bremerton.
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Wikidata Q5578801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 528 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
- 7.6 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 8.4 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR
- 9.3 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
Overlooks nearby
- Point White Pier · 10 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 12 mi
- South Beach Drive Road End · 13 mi
- Gowen Place Public Road End · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Tahuya Lookout: 8.4 mi
- Bucklin Hill: 8.9 mi
- Webb Mountain: 12.0 mi
- High Point: 12.5 mi
- Tahuya Lake Public Access: 2.7 mi
- Panther Lake Fish and WIldlife Access: 3.7 mi
- McCormick Meadows HOA Park: 4.4 mi
- Chico Salmon Park: 4.7 mi
- Pendergast Regional Park: 4.7 mi
- Elandan Gardens: 4.8 mi
- Garden: 12.5 mi
- Rock Farm Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 13.4 mi
- Rolling Bay Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- "Peter" The Fish: 5.1 mi
- Ugly: 6.3 mi
- The Big Garden Gnome: 7.0 mi
- Ferry Fever: 7.4 mi
- Wilderness: 7.4 mi
- Bug & Reptile Museum: 5.9 mi
- Sidney Museum and Arts: 7.0 mi
- Sidney Art Gallery & Museum: 7.0 mi
- Log Cabin Museum: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Living History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Etta Turner: 7.4 mi
- Kitsap 9/11 Memorial: 7.7 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 7.7 mi
- Battery Thornburgh: 12.2 mi
- Battery Vinton: 12.3 mi
- USS Parche Sail: 7.5 mi
- Historic mill: 8.4 mi
- Submarine: 10.7 mi
- DSRV Mystic: 12.9 mi
- Trieste II: 12.9 mi
- Lilly's Pad: 9.4 mi
- Lytle Beach: 11.9 mi
- Anderson Point Park Beach: 14.0 mi
- Swim Beach: 14.0 mi
- Mystery Beach: 14.0 mi
- Bay Vista Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Manchester State Park: 11.3 mi
- Springbrook Creek Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Cougar Creek Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Lumpkin Park: 12.8 mi
- Jackson Park Picnic area: 5.5 mi
- Evergreen Park: 7.6 mi
- The Meadow: 11.6 mi
- Camp Kelly: 11.9 mi
- Eagledale Park: 13.0 mi
- West Point Light: 18.1 mi
- Quarters A: 18.2 mi
- Quarters B: 18.2 mi
- Ship's Store: 22.2 mi
- Storehouse: 22.2 mi
- Dickerson Falls: 3.2 mi
- Rocky Brook Falls: 13.9 mi
- Murhut Falls: 15.0 mi
- Lilliwaup Falls: 16.4 mi
- Upper Lilliwaup Falls: 16.5 mi
- Windy Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Red Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Pigeon Point: 20.0 mi
- Licton Springs: 23.3 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 24.0 mi
- Ellison Spring: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Gold Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Constance | NW 314° | 2,364 m | 22.2 mi |
| Inner Constance | NW 313° | 2,338 m | 22.7 mi |
| Warrior Peak | NW 315° | 2,231 m | 22.9 mi |
| The Brothers | WNW 294° | 2,085.4 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Stone | W 280° | 2,015.3 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Elk Lick | WNW 294° | 1,974 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Skokomish | W 277° | 1,961 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Washington | W 267° | 1,906.5 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:25 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:57 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 62 | 53 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.3 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1520105 — Gold Mountain, Kitsap County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348650729
Day trips start here
- Kitsap Peninsula · 1 mi
- Gorst · 4 mi
- Bremerton · 6 mi
- Belfair · 7 mi
- Port Orchard · 7 mi
- Seabeck · 7 mi
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