Mount Mageik
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Mount Mageik rises to 2,165 m in Alaska. Mount Griggs stands 2,317 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt Cerberus, a peak 4.0 miles away. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Mageik is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula. It has no confirmed historical eruptions (one in 1946 is now deemed questionable), but its youngest eruptive products are apparently Holocene in age (8750 to 500 BCE). A young crater lies on the northeast flank of the central summit cone, and is the site of vigorous superheated fumarolic activity with prominent sulfur deposits. The volcanic cones are composed of andesite, basaltic andesite and dacite. The volcano is mantled in ash from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta and from the 1953 eruption of nearby Trident Volcano.
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Wikidata Q576906, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2165 m
How to reach it
25 named places within 25 miles
- Mt Cerberus: 4.0 mi
- Mount Martin: 4.2 mi
- Observation Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Falling Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Alagogshak Volcano: 5.8 mi
- Fulton Falls: 10.3 mi
- Mount Katmai Caldera: 11.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Mageik. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Griggs | NNE 26° | 2,317 m | 12.5 mi |
| Snowy Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,162 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Katmai | ENE 62° | 2,047 m | 12.4 mi |
| Trident Volcano | ENE 63° | 1,864 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Martin | WSW 245° | 1,863 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Juhle | NNE 15° | 1,529 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Katolinat | NNW 337° | 1,377 m | 20.2 mi |
| Broken Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,153 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:23 | 19:43 | 20:35 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 22:19 | 23:31 |
| September equinox | 08:07 | 19:30 | 20:22 |
| December solstice | 10:08 | 14:55 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 22 | 23 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 54 | 53 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — King Salmon 42 SE, 24 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Katmai National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1603891176
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