Mount Christie
Mount Christie rises to 1,873 m in Washington. Mount Olympus stands 2,430 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Seattle, a peak 2.8 miles away. Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mount Christie is high peak in the Olympic Mountains of Washington in Olympic National Park. Mount Christie is located in the Queets-Quinault group. Precipitation on Mt. Christie drains into the Elwha River on the north side, and into the Quinault River on the south side. The mountain was named to honor James Halbold Christie, who was the leader of the Seattle Press Expedition which first explored the unknown interior of the range in 1889–1890. The massif has several peaks, and the large Christie Glacier resides in the north cirque below the main summit.
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Wikidata Q6920145, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,873 m
How to reach it
- 27.7 mi off the Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Seattle: 2.8 mi
- Mount Lawson: 3.5 mi
- Mount Noyes: 3.7 mi
- Muncaster Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Mount Meany: 4.4 mi
- Service Falls: 6.7 mi
- Ross Falls: 12.6 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 14.8 mi
- Wynoochee Falls: 15.6 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 15.7 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 20.1 mi
- Division 3 Park: 20.3 mi
- Quinault Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Division 1 Park: 22.5 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 23.8 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- July Creek Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Altair Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- World's Largest Spruce: 20.1 mi
- Hoh River Viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Hall of Mosses: 21.4 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 13.0 mi
- B-17 Crash Site: 23.8 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
- Sol Duc Hot Springs: 23.8 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 20.7 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 12.5 mi
- Lake Quinault Museum: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Mount Christie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olympus | NW 313° | 2,430 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Olympus Middle Peak | NW 314° | 2,389 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Olympus East Peak | NW 315° | 2,324 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Anderson | E 81° | 2,228 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mount Cameron | NE 49° | 2,184 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Mathias | NW 320° | 2,178 m | 9.6 mi |
| West Peak | E 79° | 2,169 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Tom | NW 304° | 2,148 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:46 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:28 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:32 | 16:25 |
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 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 51 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 24.6 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 24.6 | 20.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quinault 4 NE, 18 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/356544569
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 8 mi
- Olympic National Park · 14 mi
- Port Angeles · 29 mi
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