Mount Anderson
Mount Anderson rises to 2,228 m in Washington. Mount Deception stands 2,369 m to the northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is East Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC HOODSPORT TO JCT MT ROSE INTERSECTION passes 16 miles off.
The story
Mount Anderson is a 7,330-foot-high (2,234 m) peak in the Olympic Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park in Washington state, it is the second highest peak on the Anderson Massif, after West Peak. Anderson Glacier used to be located in a cirque on the mountain's southern flank while Eel Glacier is in another cirque, northwest of the summit. Hanging Glacier is on the east side of a ridge which extends north from the peak. Anderson is at the center of three major watersheds in the Olympic Range. Most of the water which falls on the massif flows into the Dosewallips River which drains, by way of the Hood Canal, into Puget Sound. The drainage from the west side flows down the Quinault River and into the Pacific, while some of the water on the mountain's northwest side flows into the Hayes River which finds its way north, to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Mount Anderson was named by army Lieutenant Joseph O'Neil for his commanding officer, Thomas M. Anderson. It was first climbed by settlers in 1920 by Fairman B. Lee and a party of 13.
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Wikidata Q3321664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2228 m
How to reach it
- 16.1 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC HOODSPORT TO JCT MT ROSE INTERSECTION
- 17.8 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
- 25.9 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC DISCOVERY BAY TO KINGSTON FERRY ZONE
- 27.2 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 20 mi
- South Point · 20 mi
- Elwha Dam Overlook Trailhead · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Peak: 0.7 mi
- West Peak: 0.8 mi
- Diamond Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount LaCrosse: 2.8 mi
- Crystal Peak: 2.8 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 16.5 mi
- Division 3 Park: 16.8 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 18.0 mi
- Division 1 Park: 18.9 mi
- Pleasant Harbor State Park: 19.8 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 9.2 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 10.6 mi
- Ross Falls: 11.2 mi
- Murhut Falls: 13.5 mi
- Service Falls: 15.4 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.6 mi
- Mystery Beach: 21.7 mi
- Linger Longer Beach: 22.2 mi
- Lilly's Pad: 24.5 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 24.1 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 24.1 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 24.2 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 24.2 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 2.5 mi
- Hot spring #30: 21.5 mi
- Hot spring #31: 21.7 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 15.0 mi
- Altair Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 20.8 mi
- Quilcene Bay WDFW Tidelands: 22.3 mi
- Dungeness Trails: 24.2 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 12.2 mi
- B-17 Crash Site: 14.6 mi
- Quilcene Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Mount Anderson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | NE 36° | 2,369 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Constance | ENE 69° | 2,364 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Johnson | NNE 30° | 2,341 m | 8.9 mi |
| Inner Constance | ENE 69° | 2,338 m | 9.2 mi |
| Martin Peak | NNE 32° | 2,328 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sweat Spire | NNE 30° | 2,304 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Mystery | NE 45° | 2,298 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gasp Pinnancle | NNE 30° | 2,292 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:28 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:31 | 16:24 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 20 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/348996622
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 14 mi
- Olympic National Park · 23 mi
- Seabeck · 24 mi
- Sequim · 27 mi
- Tahuya · 27 mi
- Kitsap Peninsula · 28 mi
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