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Helmet Butte

Helmet Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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
2218 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.14929, -120.95593

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 25
  • 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
Springs: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Parks: 2
  • Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
  • White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Museums: 1
Gardens: 1
  • The Garden: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
Attractions: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier PeakWSW 251°3,214 m7.7 mi
Disappointment PeakWSW 247°2,970 m7.9 mi
Bonanza PeakNE 34°2,900 m7.4 mi
Sitkum SpireWSW 252°2,851 m8.2 mi
Mount FernowE 82°2,821 m6.9 mi
Seven Fingered JackE 89°2,750 m6.5 mi
Mount MaudeE 96°2,748 m7.1 mi
Copper PeakENE 76°2,671 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:17
June solstice05:0420:1921:08
September equinox06:5118:2219:03
December solstice07:5215:1916:13

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222632394854616153412922
Precip in7.04.64.01.81.41.20.70.81.74.48.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/348974224

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