Skip to content

Mount Jupiter

Mount Jupiter, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Jupiter rises to 1,737 m in Washington. Mount Deception stands 2,369 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Jupiter Hills, a peak 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 7.0 miles off.

The story

Mount Jupiter is a 5,711-foot (1,741-meter) mountain summit in the Olympic Mountains and is located in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is situated in The Brothers Wilderness on land managed by Olympic National Forest. Mount Jupiter is easy to identify from Seattle, since it appears as the prominent peak between The Brothers and Mount Constance. Precipitation runoff from the north side of the mountain drains into the Dosewallips River, whereas the south side drains into the Duckabush River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 5,100 feet (1,554 meters) above the Duckabush Valley in 1.5 miles (2.4 km). The Jupiter name was applied by the Seattle Press Expedition in an effort to link the peak with the Greco-Roman mythological names associated with Mount Olympus. Jupiter was a Roman god on Olympus. The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49053264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1737.4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.70588, -123.06105

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Pleasant Harbor State Park: 7.4 mi
  • Quilcene Riverside Park: 11.6 mi
  • Quilcene Community Park: 11.6 mi
  • Salmon Bake Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Worthington Park: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 22
Historic sites: 14
Nature reserves: 10
Waterfalls: 9
Attractions: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Swim Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Mystery Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Linger Longer Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Dabob Broad Spit: 13.5 mi
  • Lilly's Pad: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Staircase Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
  • Jackson Park Picnic area: 19.2 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 22.0 mi
  • Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 3
  • Elandan Gardens: 21.3 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 23.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Mount Jupiter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DeceptionNW 313°2,369 m10.9 mi
Mount ConstanceNNW 326°2,364 m5.5 mi
Mount JohnsonNW 317°2,341 m12.0 mi
Inner ConstanceNW 318°2,338 m5.9 mi
Martin PeakNW 316°2,328 m11.5 mi
Sweat SpireNW 317°2,304 m12.0 mi
Mount MysteryNW 310°2,298 m9.7 mi
Gasp PinnancleNW 318°2,292 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1520:2621:15
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice07:5915:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559646460514338

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1521535 — Mount Jupiter, Jefferson County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356545383

More peaks in Washington

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Mount Jupiter.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens