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Mount Chaval

Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
Mount Chaval, a peak in WashingtonWalter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
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Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
Walter Siegmund (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mount Chaval, a peak in Washington
Peter Stevens · CC BY 2.0

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Mount Chaval rises to 2,176 m in Washington. Dome Peak stands 2,719 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hurricane Peak, a peak 2.9 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Chaval is a craggy 7,127-foot (2,172-metre) mountain summit located in Skagit County of Washington state. Situated within the Glacier Peak Wilderness, Mount Chaval is positioned west of the crest of the North Cascades Range, approximately 15 miles northeast of the town of Darrington. It has two subsidiary peaks, East Peak and Middle Peak, each 7040 ft. The nearest higher neighbor is Snowking Mountain, 2.51 miles (4.04 km) to the northeast. Precipitation runoff from Mount Chaval drains into tributaries of the Skagit River.

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Wikidata Q49052292, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2175.662 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.37596, -121.32553

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 22
  • Pressentin County Park: 11.4 mi
  • Hilt Creek Park: 12.3 mi
  • Riverside Park: 12.8 mi
  • Whitehorse Community Park: 14.9 mi
  • Nels Bruseth Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
Waterfalls: 21
Nature reserves: 13
Historic sites: 6
  • North Cascading: 15.1 mi
  • Fortson Mill: 19.9 mi
  • Miners Cabin (ruined): 20.1 mi
  • Hotel Fireplace Remains: 23.0 mi
  • Mackinaw Shelter: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 2
Artworks: 2
Museums: 2
  • Gorge Powerhouse Visitor Gallery: 21.1 mi
  • Skagit Aero Education Museum: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Angele Cupples Community Garden: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Buck Creek Pass Spring: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Mount Chaval. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dome PeakESE 110°2,719 m14.5 mi
Eldorado PeakNE 38°2,703 m14.2 mi
Marble NeedleNE 35°2,560.6 m14.8 mi
Mount FormidableENE 77°2,521 m12.2 mi
Spider MountainE 80°2,511 m13.5 mi
Sentinel PeakE 96°2,502 m13.1 mi
Spire PointESE 109°2,483 m12.3 mi
Johannesburg MountainENE 60°2,469 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0520:2221:11
September equinox06:5318:2419:05
December solstice07:5515:1916:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646559494137
Precip in12.88.18.75.53.52.91.61.74.09.213.711.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darrington 21 NNE, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1517642 — Mount Chaval, Skagit County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356544548

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