Lookout Summit
Lookout Summit rises to 1,106 m in Washington. Rattlesnake Mountain stands 1,076 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Snivley Spring, a spring 5.7 miles away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP passes 23 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lookout Summit—officially listed as "Lookout" in the Geographic Names Information System—is the highest point in Benton County, in the U.S. state of Washington. The mountain is also the highest point in the Rattlesnake Hills, with an elevation 98 ft (30 m) higher than the neighboring, more-well-known Rattlesnake Mountain—which is the second highest peak in the range (as well as the county).
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Wikidata Q55621248, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1106 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP
Named places within 25 miles
- Kiwanis Youth Park: 11.5 mi
- Sunnyview Park: 11.6 mi
- Denny-Blaine Park: 11.7 mi
- Veterans' Park: 11.8 mi
- Don Hughes Park: 11.9 mi
- Horsethief Point: 6.6 mi
- Sagebrush Ridge: 9.9 mi
- Royer Hill: 10.0 mi
- Emerson Nipple: 10.9 mi
- Grandview Butte: 10.9 mi
- Sunnyside Museum: 12.1 mi
- Grandview Museum: 13.5 mi
- R E Powell Museum: 13.8 mi
- B Reactor Building: 15.6 mi
- Prosser Historical Museum: 17.2 mi
- Lower Snivley Spring: 5.7 mi
- Upper Snively Spring: 5.8 mi
- Snively Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 7.4 mi
- Benson Spring: 8.6 mi
- IEEE Commemoration Plaque: 20.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial of Zillah: 20.6 mi
- Orchardville Monument: 20.7 mi
- Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Uranus: 20.7 mi
- Gravity Hill: 8.1 mi
- Country Park Event Center & Fair Grounds: 13.2 mi
- Teapot Dome Gas Station: 20.7 mi
- Haven: 16.0 mi
- White Bluffs: 22.7 mi
- Hanford: 23.5 mi
- Vernita Safety Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Prosser Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Cougar Oil: 14.3 mi
- Neptune Orbital Marker: 16.7 mi
- Harold E Willmsen Memorial Garden: 14.4 mi
- Toppenish Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Horn Rapids County Park: 19.4 mi
- Riverfront Park: 21.4 mi
- White Bluffs: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lookout Summit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,076 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cairn Hope Peak | NW 326° | 1,017 m | 11.7 mi |
| High Top | W 281° | 913 m | 12.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | W 276° | 696 m | 15.3 mi |
| Emerson Nipple | N 356° | 675 m | 10.9 mi |
| Zillah Peak | W 279° | 667 m | 18.3 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | WNW 283° | 667 m | 24.1 mi |
| Chandler Butte | SE 136° | 622 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:32 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:10 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:25 | 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 | 31 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunnyside #2, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Richland · 29 mi
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