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Haystack Mountain

Haystack Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Haystack Mountain rises to 822 m in Washington. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Eddy River Access, a park 1.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 1.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Snohomish County, Washington, United States of America

Wikidata Q49035673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
822 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.82338, -121.67703

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Big Eddy River Access: 1.2 mi
  • Reiter Foothills Park: 2.9 mi
  • Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 3.0 mi
  • Sky Valley Lions Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks
  • Ten-Four Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Little Haystack: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Persis: 3.8 mi
  • North Index: 5.2 mi
  • Middle Index: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks
Attractions
  • Gala Events: 13.6 mi
  • Lewis Street River Access: 13.7 mi
  • Goat Farm: 15.7 mi
  • Segis Pietertje Prospect: 16.4 mi
  • Vintage Big Carousel: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 45
Nature reserves: 21
Cliffs: 15
  • Lower Town Wall: 4.7 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 5.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 5.5 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 5.5 mi
Museums: 12
  • Monroe Historical Society: 13.7 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 14.1 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 16.7 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 16.7 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 11.2 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 11.4 mi
  • Site #1: 15.7 mi
  • Site #2: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakE 90°1,895 m10.1 mi
Spire MountainENE 77°1,893.7 m12.9 mi
Gunn PeakE 93°1,887 m10.6 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)E 98°1,863 m11.5 mi
Baring MountainESE 105°1,858 m11.6 mi
Mount IndexSE 127°1,826 m5.6 mi
Townsend MountainE 97°1,809 m13.3 mi
TailgunnerE 95°1,781 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:20
June solstice05:0920:2121:10
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5415:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245505660656560524540
Precip in8.95.96.85.94.93.81.51.73.57.19.88.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Startup 1 E, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1520633 — Haystack Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/348999572

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