Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 1,916 m in Washington. Columbia Crest stands 4,392 m to the northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Copper Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Iron Mountain is a 6,286-foot (1,916-metre) mountain summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. Part of the Cascade Range, it is situated near the base of the Success Cleaver, overlooking Indian Henry's Hunting Ground. The nearest higher neighbor is Copper Mountain, 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to the north. The summit provides views of Mount Rainier, Mount Adams, Mount St. Helens, Mount Wow, and peaks of the Tatoosh Range. Precipitation runoff from Iron Mountain drains into Tahoma Creek, Devils Dream Creek, and Fishers Horn Pipe Creek, which are all tributaries of the Nisqually River. There were great hopes in the late 1800s that mines on Mount Rainier could be a source of precious metals such as copper, silver, and gold. Dark reddish rock found on Iron Mountain was thought to be iron or iron oxide. The toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49039112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1916 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK
- 5.5 mi off the JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO MT RAINIER NAT PARK BOUNDARY
- 10.1 mi off the JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE
- 12.9 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
Overlooks nearby
- Silver Falls Overlook · 13 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Sourdough Gap · 17 mi
- South Snoquera Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Mount Ararat: 1.1 mi
- Satulick Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 1.2 mi
- Glacier Island: 2.0 mi
- Pearl Falls: 1.5 mi
- Comet Falls: 2.3 mi
- Bloucher Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Comet Falls: 2.4 mi
- Christine Falls: 2.5 mi
- Basalt Cliff: 2.0 mi
- The Ramparts: 2.5 mi
- Kautz Ice Chute: 4.3 mi
- Kautz Ice Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Wilson Headwall: 4.5 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 14.5 mi
- Mineral Lake Access Area: 17.5 mi
- Rocky Point Beach: 18.5 mi
- Jack Morris Park: 20.4 mi
- Paul Kruger Memorial Field: 20.9 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 3.1 mi
- Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 3.4 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 5.3 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Clay City: 22.2 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Valley View Day Use Area: 14.2 mi
- High Point Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
- Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 16.0 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 3.1 mi
- Longmire Museum: 3.1 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 14.7 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 15.0 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 16.5 mi
- Coffee Cup: 9.3 mi
- The Trident: 9.3 mi
- Big Cedar: 13.2 mi
- Mount Rainier Railroad: 17.4 mi
- Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 21.9 mi
- Iron Mike Springs: 2.9 mi
- Bum Springs: 11.1 mi
- Log Spring: 16.9 mi
- Soda Springs: 17.4 mi
- Wheel: 14.8 mi
- Recycled Spirit of Iron: 14.8 mi
- The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier: 23.9 mi
- Bacon and Eggs: 24.1 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Elbe Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 13.2 mi
- Northwest Trek Wildlife Park: 22.7 mi
- Waterfront: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Crest | NE 38° | 4,392 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Rainier | NE 40° | 4,392 m | 5.3 mi |
| Point Success | NE 39° | 4,302 m | 4.7 mi |
| Liberty Cap | NNE 28° | 4,297 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gibraltar Rock | NE 47° | 3,863 m | 5.4 mi |
| Tahoma Cleaver | NNE 31° | 3,533 m | 4.0 mi |
| Saint Andrews Rock | NNE 24° | 3,520 m | 4.6 mi |
| Little Tahoma | NE 55° | 3,395 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:19 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:31 | 16:22 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 55 | 45 | 36 | 31 |
| Precip in | 11.4 | 8.6 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 12.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longmire Rainier NPS, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1521241 — Iron Mountain, Pierce County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348178823
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 8 mi
- Eatonville · 22 mi
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