Mount Blackburn
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Mount Blackburn rises to 4,996 m in Alaska. Mount Blackburn East Summit stands 4,964 m to the east-southeast, 1.5 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Blackburn (Ahtna: K’ats’i Tl’aadi) is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It is the fifth-highest peak in the United States and the twelfth-highest peak in North America. The mountain is an old, eroded shield volcano, the second-highest volcano in the U.S. behind Mount Bona and the fifth-highest in North America. It was named in 1885 by Lt. Henry T. Allen of the U.S. Army after Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, a U.S. senator from Kentucky. It is located in the heart of Wrangell – St. Elias National Park, the largest national park in the country.
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Wikidata Q1520855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4996 m
How to reach it
28 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Blackburn East Summit: 1.5 mi
- Rime Peak: 4.3 mi
- Atna Peaks: 6.8 mi
- Parka Peak: 8.6 mi
- Castle Peak: 9.2 mi
- Gilahina Trestle: 22.3 mi
- Assay ruins: 24.8 mi
- Saw mill ruins: 24.8 mi
- Gilahina Trestle: 22.3 mi
- Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark: 24.7 mi
- Kennicott Wilderness Guides: 24.9 mi
- Cheshnina Falls: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Blackburn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Blackburn East Summit | ESE 107° | 4,964 m | 1.5 mi |
| Atna Peaks | E 79° | 4,225 m | 6.8 mi |
| Regal Mountain | E 87° | 4,220 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Jarvis | NNW 343° | 4,109 m | 21.1 mi |
| Parka Peak | E 82° | 3,993 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rime Peak | ENE 76° | 3,866 m | 4.3 mi |
| Presidents Chair | ENE 68° | 3,161 m | 24.1 mi |
| Castle Peak | S 183° | 3,070 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 18:50 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 03:48 | 21:54 | 23:25 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:38 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 09:55 | — | 15:10 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | -2 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 47 | 54 | 57 | 54 | 44 | 29 | 10 | 2 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mccarthy 3 SW, 26 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4525703172
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