Hoh Head
Hoh Head rises to 90 m in Washington. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,033 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Cedar Tree, a attraction 7.5 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
Headland on the Olympic Coast in Jefferson County, Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036777, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 90 m
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Ruby Beach Overlook · 5 mi
- Beach 6 Overlook · 6 mi
- Beach 4 Overlook · 9 mi
- Kloshe Nanitch · 28 mi
54 named places within 25 miles
- Scotts Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Lagitos Hill: 8.6 mi
- Grader Creek Hill: 10.6 mi
- Reade Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mount Octopus: 13.9 mi
- Forks Loggers Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Janet Calderwood Memorial Garden: 12.3 mi
- Fisherman Memorial Stone: 12.3 mi
- MLB-44363: 12.4 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial Monument: 13.0 mi
- Thomas Water Access: 10.1 mi
- Vannausdle Water Access: 11.0 mi
- Quillayute River County Park: 11.2 mi
- Rearing Pond Water Access: 11.6 mi
- Tilicum Park: 13.6 mi
- Big Cedar Tree: 7.5 mi
- Twilight Treaty Line: 10.4 mi
- Tree of Life: 11.6 mi
- Bella's Trucks: 12.3 mi
- Hole-in-the-Wall: 14.5 mi
- Forks Timber Museum: 12.2 mi
- forever twilight in Forks: 13.3 mi
- Shay Locomotive: 13.5 mi
- John's Beachcombing Museum: 13.9 mi
- Beach 3: 9.7 mi
- Richwine Gravel Bar: 11.3 mi
- Kalaloch Beach 1: 14.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.2 mi
- Mora: 12.4 mi
- Sasquatch: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hoh Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,033 m | 24.1 mi |
| Owl Mountain | E 90° | 1,024 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hunger Mountain | NE 50° | 1,022 m | 22.6 mi |
| Peak Six | ENE 76° | 969 m | 20.3 mi |
| Geodetic Hill | ENE 70° | 921 m | 17.5 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | ENE 70° | 920 m | 17.5 mi |
| Bigler Mountain | NE 41° | 773 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Octopus | E 95° | 745 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:50 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 20:32 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 15:36 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 42 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 56 | 59 | 60 | 57 | 51 | 45 | 41 |
| Precip in | 15.6 | 9.7 | 11.8 | 8.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 10.7 | 15.3 | 13.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quillayute AP, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Olympic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1520843 — Hoh Head, Jefferson County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348996611
Day trips start here
- Forks · 13 mi
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