Mount Lawson
Mount Lawson rises to 1,647 m in Washington. Mount Olympus stands 2,430 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Christie, a peak 3.5 miles away.
The story
Mount Lawson is a 5,401-foot (1,646 m) mountain summit in Jefferson County of Washington state.
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Wikidata Q49053368, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,647 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Christie: 3.5 mi
- Muncaster Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Mount Seattle: 5.2 mi
- Kimta Peak: 5.5 mi
- Mount Noyes: 5.7 mi
- Service Falls: 7.7 mi
- Ross Falls: 12.3 mi
- Wynoochee Falls: 13.1 mi
- Merriman Falls: 14.1 mi
- Maidenhair Falls: 14.2 mi
- Quinault Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 19.7 mi
- Division 3 Park: 19.9 mi
- Division 1 Park: 22.1 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 24.0 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 16.6 mi
- July Creek Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Altair Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 12.4 mi
- Ring of Fire: 22.7 mi
- Camp 3: 25.0 mi
- World's Largest Spruce: 16.7 mi
- Hoh River Viewpoint: 21.0 mi
- Hall of Mosses: 21.5 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 17.7 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 15.1 mi
- Lake Quinault Museum: 17.7 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Mount Lawson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olympus | NNW 330° | 2,430 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Olympus Middle Peak | NNW 332° | 2,389 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Olympus East Peak | NNW 333° | 2,324 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Anderson | ENE 69° | 2,228 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Mathias | NNW 338° | 2,178 m | 11.1 mi |
| West Peak | ENE 67° | 2,169 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Tom | NW 320° | 2,148 m | 12.3 mi |
| Chimney Peak | ENE 75° | 2,086 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:47 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:28 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:33 | 16:26 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 62 | 63 | 59 | 51 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 24.6 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 24.6 | 20.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quinault 4 NE, 14 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Olympic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1521954 — Mount Lawson, Jefferson County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356545599
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 10 mi
- Olympic National Park · 14 mi
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