Helmet Butte
Helmet Butte rises to 2,218 m in Washington. Glacier Peak stands 3,214 m to the west-southwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Creek Pass Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Helmet Butte is a 7,400-foot (2,256-metre) summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49035915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,218 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 25.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flower Dome: 1.0 mi
- Liberty Cap: 1.0 mi
- Fortress Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rally Cap: 1.9 mi
- Mount Cleator: 2.4 mi
- Lyman Falls: 3.4 mi
- Greenwood Falls: 4.1 mi
- Crown Point Falls: 4.4 mi
- High Pass Falls: 4.5 mi
- Louis Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Buck Creek Pass Spring: 0.5 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 8.2 mi
- Soda Spring: 20.1 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 20.9 mi
- Halfway Spring: 24.0 mi
- Miners Cabin (ruined): 3.5 mi
- Mackinaw Shelter: 13.7 mi
- Dirtyface Lookout: 21.5 mi
- Ore Concentrator: 23.0 mi
- Lodge: 23.1 mi
- Grassy Point: 8.3 mi
- Painted Rocks: 17.0 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Gamma Hot Springs: 5.0 mi
- Sulphur Creek Hot Springs: 12.7 mi
- Moore: 16.7 mi
- Monte Cristo: 23.2 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Holden Museum: 9.1 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Monte Cristo: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Helmet Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Peak | WSW 251° | 3,214 m | 7.7 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WSW 247° | 2,970 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bonanza Peak | NE 34° | 2,900 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sitkum Spire | WSW 252° | 2,851 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Fernow | E 82° | 2,821 m | 6.9 mi |
| Seven Fingered Jack | E 89° | 2,750 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Maude | E 96° | 2,748 m | 7.1 mi |
| Copper Peak | ENE 76° | 2,671 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:36 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:19 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:19 | 16:13 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348974224
Day trips start here
- North Cascades · 3 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 23 mi
- Stevens Pass · 29 mi
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