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Mount Balchen

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Elevation
3,416 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Mount Hayes4,216 m · 4.1 mi
Nearest byway
Richardson Highway29.5 mi off
Sunset, March equinox
20:03local time
Coordinates
63.6235, -146.8529

Mount Balchen rises to 3,416 m in Alaska. Mount Hayes stands 4,216 m to the east, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Geist, a peak 1.4 miles away. Richardson Highway passes 30 miles off. 13 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

mountain in Alaska, United States of America

Wikidata Q49051960, matched on coordinates and name (608 m apart).

Elevation
3416 m

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Balchen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HayesE 93°4,216 m4.1 mi
Mount MoffetESE 105°3,969 m14.5 mi
Mount ShandESE 114°3,859 m13.6 mi
Mount DeborahW 275°3,761 m11.8 mi
Hess MountainW 277°3,639 m9.0 mi
McGinnis PeakESE 108°3,475 m17.8 mi
Mount GeistNNW 332°3,267 m1.4 mi
Mount SkarlandN 5°3,144 m3.4 mi

13 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 13
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4919:0120:03
June solstice03:2822:2300:12
September equinox07:3218:4819:50
December solstice10:3414:58

Local time (America/Anchorage).

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