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Gypsy Peak

Gypsy Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Gypsy Peak rises to 2,226 m in Washington. Snowy Top stands 2,248 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Leola Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. JCT SR 20 VIC TIGER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER passes 7.1 miles off.

The story

Gypsy Peak is a 7,320+ -foot (2,230+ m) high mountain in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness in the Selkirk Mountains of Pend Oreille County, Washington. It is the highest mountain in Eastern Washington.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5625351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2226 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.94576, -117.15219

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Leola Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Lead Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Salmo Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Green Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Prouty Peak: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Elk Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
  • PeeWee Falls: 9.4 mi
  • American Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Priest Falls: 11.0 mi
  • LaSota Falls: 12.9 mi
Parks: 5
  • Cardinal Basins Recreation Site: 9.5 mi
  • Library park: 11.5 mi
  • Metaline Waterfront Park: 12.4 mi
  • Ione City Park: 18.5 mi
  • Deep Lake Public Access: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
  • Tiger Store: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Gypsy Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy TopENE 67°2,248 m8.2 mi
The CragsNE 40°2,208 m9.9 mi
Abercrombie MountainW 265°2,203 m14.0 mi
Hooknose MountainW 270°2,170 m12.5 mi
Saddle MountainE 89°2,101 m17.3 mi
Little Snowy TopENE 74°2,080 m7.0 mi
Mount IreneNE 50°2,064 m11.5 mi
Shedroof MountainE 100°2,060 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2019:02
June solstice04:4520:0720:57
September equinox06:3618:0718:48
December solstice08:4115:5916:54

Local time (America/Creston).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037455460686758453427
Precip in3.12.02.42.22.63.21.40.81.32.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boundary DAM, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/356545149

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