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Mount Anderson

Mount Anderson, seen from above at true elevation

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. Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 passes 28 miles off.

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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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q3321664, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,228 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.72120, -123.33156

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 10
Beaches: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Quilcene Historical Museum: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Olympic Hot Springs: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DeceptionNE2,369 m7.8 mi
Mount ConstanceENE2,364 m10.1 mi
Mount JohnsonNNE2,341 m8.9 mi
Inner ConstanceENE2,338 m9.2 mi
Martin PeakNNE2,328 m8.5 mi
Sweat SpireNNE2,304 m8.9 mi
Mount MysteryNE2,298 m7.3 mi
Gasp PinnancleNNE2,292 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4519:26
June solstice05:1620:2821:16
September equinox07:0118:3219:13
December solstice08:0015:3116:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559646460514338

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 20 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/348996622

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