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Mount Fernow

Mount Fernow, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Fernow rises to 1,882 m in Washington. Mac Peak stands 2,091 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Baldy, a peak 1.2 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 2.5 miles off.

The story

Mount Fernow is a 6,190-foot (1,890-metre) mountain summit located 6.5 mi (10.5 km) northeast of Skykomish, in eastern King County of Washington state.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49052699, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1882 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.75511, -121.23066

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 14
  • Moai: 16.0 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 16.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 16.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 16.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
Parks: 8
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 6.2 mi
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 6.8 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 12.0 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 15.6 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 20.0 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
  • Bear Creek Site: 23.0 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 6.8 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 6.8 mi
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 2
Springs: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 23.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Mount Fernow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mac PeakSSE 151°2,091 m10.1 mi
Jim Hill MountainE 97°2,062 m10.3 mi
Nimbus MountainSE 142°2,046 m8.1 mi
Thunder MountainSE 146°1,998 m8.3 mi
Terrace MountainS 170°1,939 m9.3 mi
Lemool PeakESE 114°1,915 m10.3 mi
Spark Plug MountainSSE 152°1,913 m7.5 mi
Surprise MountainSSE 152°1,904 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3719:18
June solstice05:0720:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2419:05
December solstice07:5215:2316:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646560504236
Precip in16.710.611.98.45.04.01.71.94.812.318.114.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1523424 — Mount Fernow, King County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356545913

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