Mount Drum
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Mount Drum rises to 3,661 m in Alaska. Mount Sanford stands 4,949 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Snider Peak, a peak 3.3 miles away. Richardson Highway passes 24 miles off. 9 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Drum is a stratovolcano in the Wrangell Mountains of east-central Alaska in the United States. It is located at the extreme western end of the Wrangells, 18 miles (29 km) west-southwest of Mount Sanford and the same distance west-northwest of Mount Wrangell. It lies just inside the western boundary of Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park and Preserve and is 25 miles (40 km) east of the Copper River.
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Wikidata Q3467623, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,661 m
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Richardson Highway
9 named places within 25 miles
- Snider Peak: 3.3 mi
- Ruddy Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Nathlie Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Mount Sanford: 17.7 mi
- Mount Zanetti: 17.8 mi
- Shrub Volcano: 12.5 mi
- Upper Klawasi Volcano: 19.4 mi
- Cheshnina Falls: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Drum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | ENE 67° | 4,949 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Wrangell | ESE 111° | 4,317 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Zanetti | ESE 107° | 3,965 m | 17.8 mi |
| Snider Peak | S 176° | 2,525 m | 3.3 mi |
| Ruddy Mountain | WSW 245° | 2,274 m | 4.6 mi |
| Nathlie Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,108 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 18:55 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 03:47 | 22:02 | 23:35 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:42 | 19:41 |
| December solstice | 10:05 | — | 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 | -3 | 6 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 55 | 58 | 54 | 44 | 27 | 7 | 0 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gulkana AP, 27 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/4535213487
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