Mount Higgins
Mount Higgins rises to 1,535 m in Washington. White Chuck Mountain stands 2,130 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Skadulgwas Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mount Higgins is a 5,176-foot-elevation mountain summit located at the western edge of the North Cascades Range, in Skagit County, Washington. Mount Higgins has two subsidiary summits, Skadulgwas Peak (4,986 ft) which is the fin-shaped middle peak, and also Mount Higgins Lookout Site (4,849 ft), the western sub-summit. The mountain is set on land administered by the Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest. Mount Higgins is situated along the north side of State Route 530, mid-way between the communities of Darrington and Oso, near the site of the 2014 Oso mudslide. The nearest higher neighbor is Round Mountain, 0.93 miles (1.50 km) to the north-northeast. This mountain is named for Oso homesteader Walter Higgins. The first ascent was made in 1888 by John Higgins, Frank Lawrence, and Al Baker. Precipitation runoff from Mount Higgins drains into tributaries of the Stillaguamish River. Topographic relief is significant as the south aspect rises 4,800 feet (1,500 m) above the Stillaguamish in two miles.
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Wikidata Q49053018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1535 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 13.5 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 18.4 mi off the JCT SR 530 VIC ARLINGTON TO CANADIAN BORDER
- 25.4 mi off the JCT STARBIRD RD TO JCT BOW HILL RD-- SCENIC AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint Dam · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skadulgwas Peak: 0.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Finney Peak: 4.6 mi
- French Peak: 6.4 mi
- Anxious Groom Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Fortson Mill Park: 3.1 mi
- Whitehorse Community Park: 7.7 mi
- DOT City Park: 8.2 mi
- Nels Bruseth Memorial Garden: 8.3 mi
- Harold Engles Park: 8.4 mi
- White Creek Conservation Area: 11.9 mi
- Jackman Creek Conservation Area: 14.4 mi
- Suiattle River Grandy Conservation Easement: 15.1 mi
- Grandy Creek Convservation Area: 15.1 mi
- Grandy Creek Convservation Area: 15.2 mi
- Fortson Mill: 3.2 mi
- Oso Slide Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Car Wreak: 14.9 mi
- Lime Kiln: 16.2 mi
- Cascade Trail: 17.9 mi
- Boulder Falls: 5.6 mi
- Feature Show Falls: 5.9 mi
- Meditation Falls: 5.9 mi
- Asbestos Falls: 12.3 mi
- Twin Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cut Log: 15.4 mi
- Granite Falls and Fish Ladder: 17.1 mi
- Giant Arborvitae: 22.1 mi
- Shadow of the Sentinels: 24.6 mi
- Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 24.8 mi
- Skagit Aero Education Museum: 14.9 mi
- Granite Falls Historical Museum: 18.7 mi
- Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum: 19.5 mi
- Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 24.9 mi
- Lumberjack Mural: 15.5 mi
- Falls Mural: 18.6 mi
- One choice mural.: 18.8 mi
- Hemple Creek Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 24.4 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 24.4 mi
- Oso Mudslide: 4.5 mi
- Prestliens Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Angele Cupples Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Chinook Swim Beach: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mount Higgins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Chuck Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,130.2 m | 17.5 mi |
| Whitehorse Mountain | SSE 151° | 2,092 m | 8.1 mi |
| Three Fingers | SSE 161° | 1,984 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bettys Jugs | ENE 73° | 1,860.194 m | 17.2 mi |
| Illabot Peaks | ENE 65° | 1,792 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Bullen | SSE 160° | 1,785 m | 8.7 mi |
| Stillaguamish Peak | SE 140° | 1,743 m | 19.9 mi |
| Prairie Mountain | ESE 101° | 1,724 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:26 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:21 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 12.8 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.4 | 8.5 | 13.2 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darrington RS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/349003322
Day trips start here
- Granite Falls · 19 mi
- Arlington · 20 mi
- Marysville · 25 mi
- Sedro-Woolley · 25 mi
- Mount Vernon · 27 mi
- Burlington · 28 mi
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