Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 1,462 m in Washington. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain Conservation Area, a nature reserve 2.5 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Skagit County, Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039114, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,462 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint Dam · 10 mi
- Samish Overlook · 24 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 26 mi
- Burnout knob · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamilton Boat Launch: 3.2 mi
- Lyman City Park: 6.7 mi
- Ann Wolford River Edge Park: 7.4 mi
- Silo Park: 9.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Coal Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Talc Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Little Haystack Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Little Deer Peak: 6.0 mi
- Gee Point: 6.3 mi
- Iron Mountain Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Grandy Creek Convservation Area: 3.7 mi
- Muddy Creek Conservation area: 4.3 mi
- Day Creek Forest Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
- Day Creek Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
- Cascade Trail: 3.9 mi
- Northern State Hospital Cemetery: 12.1 mi
- Seattle & Northern Railroad (GN): 13.8 mi
- Abandoned Railroad: 13.8 mi
- Oso Slide Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Gilligan Cree Falls: 8.4 mi
- Crystal Falls: 12.4 mi
- Boulder Falls: 16.9 mi
- Feature Show Falls: 17.4 mi
- Meditation Falls: 18.0 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 9.9 mi
- Bikes: 17.7 mi
- Maple Tree: 17.8 mi
- Leaf: 17.9 mi
- Sprouted Bumbershoot: 18.1 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Forgotten Garden: 18.7 mi
- Secret Garden: 18.7 mi
- White Bloom garden: 18.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 18.7 mi
- Alpine: 11.3 mi
- Sauk City: 14.5 mi
- Ehrlich: 15.9 mi
- Park: 20.1 mi
- Skagit City: 20.4 mi
- Oso Mudslide: 14.0 mi
- Lee Promontory: 19.3 mi
- Roman Wall: 21.2 mi
- Park Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Prestliens Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 9.2 mi
- Lake Whatcom Steam Railway: 17.0 mi
- Children's Museum of Skagit County: 18.3 mi
- Heritage Flight Museum: 21.9 mi
- Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum: 22.2 mi
- Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 12.6 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 16.7 mi
- Skagit County Fairgrounds: 18.9 mi
- Tulip Town: 22.4 mi
- Giant Arborvitae: 24.2 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Chinook Swim Beach: 12.7 mi
- Joe Hamel Beach: 24.7 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 22.9 mi
- Baker Hot Springs: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Twin | N 352° | 2,123 m | 15.8 mi |
| North Twin | N 351° | 2,024 m | 16.6 mi |
| Skookum Peak | N 353° | 2,018 m | 15.4 mi |
| Little Sister | N 354° | 2,012 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jaw's Tooth | N 353° | 1,981 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cinderella Peak | N 355° | 1,975 m | 14.7 mi |
| Kloke Peak | N 352° | 1,975 m | 15.1 mi |
| Barbara Peak | N 357° | 1,835 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:24 | 21:14 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:21 | 16:16 |
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 | 38 | 40 | 44 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 52 | 43 | 38 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 11.5 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concrete PPL Fish STN, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356545314
Day trips start here
- Sedro-Woolley · 14 mi
- Northwest Washington · 16 mi
- Burlington · 18 mi
- Mount Vernon · 18 mi
- Mount Baker · 21 mi
- Arlington · 22 mi
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