Meany Crest
Meany Crest rises to 2,198 m in Washington. Mount Rainier stands 4,392 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Point 6945, a peak 0.9 miles away. Chinook Scenic Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,198 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Chinook Scenic Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sourdough Gap · 8 mi
- Silver Falls Overlook · 9 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 13 mi
- South Snoquera Point · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Point 6945: 0.9 mi
- Whitman Crest: 1.3 mi
- Goat Island Mountain - West Peak: 1.5 mi
- K Spire: 1.7 mi
- Goat Island Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wauhaukaupauken Falls: 2.5 mi
- Margaret Falls: 3.0 mi
- Trixie Falls: 3.1 mi
- Mary Belle Falls: 3.4 mi
- Basaltic Falls: 3.4 mi
- Nisqually Ice Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Nisqually Cleaver: 4.3 mi
- Russell Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Wilson Headwall: 4.7 mi
- Willis Wall: 4.8 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Corral Pass Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- White Pass Day Use: 19.8 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 5.1 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 10.3 mi
- Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 11.8 mi
- Old Mineshaft: 23.7 mi
- Iron Mike Springs: 10.2 mi
- Bum Springs: 12.3 mi
- Log Spring: 12.4 mi
- Soda Springs: 13.6 mi
- Clover Spring: 21.9 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 17.0 mi
- Pyramid Creek SnoPark: 20.1 mi
- Mud Mountain Dam Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- 8th Avenue Park: 23.9 mi
- Coke Oven Handcar Park: 24.5 mi
- The Trident: 3.9 mi
- Coffee Cup: 5.0 mi
- Big Cedar: 8.4 mi
- Caboose: 24.7 mi
- Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 24.8 mi
- Longmire Museum: 10.3 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 10.3 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 17.1 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 17.5 mi
- Wheel: 23.5 mi
- Recycled Spirit of Iron: 23.5 mi
- The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier: 24.9 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
- Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 20.4 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Waterfront: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Meany Crest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rainier | W 265° | 4,392 m | 4.5 mi |
| Columbia Crest | W 265° | 4,392 m | 4.6 mi |
| Point Success | W 260° | 4,302 m | 5.0 mi |
| Liberty Cap | W 273° | 4,297 m | 5.3 mi |
| Gibraltar Rock | WSW 257° | 3,863 m | 4.0 mi |
| Tahoma Cleaver | W 259° | 3,533 m | 5.9 mi |
| Saint Andrews Rock | W 267° | 3,520 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Tahoma | WSW 255° | 3,395 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:18 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 15:30 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 40 | 32 | 27 |
| Precip in | 17.2 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 18.2 | 18.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348178730
Day trips start here
- Mount Rainier National Park · 2 mi
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