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Mount Kent

Mount Kent, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Kent rises to 1,551 m in Washington. Kaleetan Peak stands 1,908 m to the northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Duke of Kent, a peak 0.9 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.2 miles off.

The story

Mount Kent is a 5,087-foot (1,551-metre) mountain summit located in east King County of Washington state. It's part of the Cascade Range and is situated on land managed by Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Precipitation runoff on the mountain drains north into Alice Creek, a tributary of the South Fork Snoqualmie River. The nearest higher neighbor is McClellan Butte, 1.16 mi (1.87 km) to the north, and Mount Defiance is set 4 mi (6.4 km) to the northeast across the Interstate 90 corridor.

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Wikidata Q49053293, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1551 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.39021, -121.61777

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Duke of Kent: 0.9 mi
  • Duchess of Kent: 1.0 mi
  • McClellan Butte: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Gardner: 2.8 mi
  • Little Mountain: 2.9 mi
Parks
  • Dahlgren Family Park: 8.8 mi
  • Tanner Landing Park: 9.0 mi
  • Torguson Park: 10.3 mi
  • E J Roberts Park: 10.3 mi
  • Si View Park: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 59
Artworks: 46
Attractions: 37
  • Actual Cave: 4.4 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 4.4 mi
  • Amazonia: 4.4 mi
  • Semi Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Tubing Park: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 33
  • Cottonwood Natural Area: 15.7 mi
  • Raging River Natural Area: 17.1 mi
  • Crow Marsh Natural Area: 17.1 mi
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 18.6 mi
  • Fell Hill Park: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 30
Gardens: 22
  • Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 16.8 mi
  • Coal Miner's Honor Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Glacier Park Community Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Legacy Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 12
  • Ghost Point: 7.6 mi
  • Alpental Cliffs: 9.0 mi
  • Family Wall: 9.2 mi
  • Canopy Crag: 9.2 mi
  • Osprey Wall: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 2
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 7.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Mount Kent. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaleetan PeakNE 53°1,907.7 m8.2 mi
Chair PeakNE 56°1,902 m8.5 mi
Preacher MountainNNE 32°1,800 m8.8 mi
Caroline PeakNE 40°1,795 m8.2 mi
Mount RooseveltNE 50°1,779 m8.6 mi
Bryant PeakENE 60°1,768.1 m8.5 mi
Granite MountainENE 73°1,716 m6.7 mi
The ToothENE 63°1,708.1 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1020:2021:08
September equinox06:5418:2619:06
December solstice07:5215:2616:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363739445055616156484035
Precip in13.09.210.69.26.65.62.12.44.89.714.612.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Lake, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/356545446

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