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Mount Misch

Mount Misch, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Misch rises to 2,266 m in Washington. Dome Peak stands 2,719 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Buckindy, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Misch is a remote 7,435 ft mountain summit in the North Cascades, in Skagit County of Washington state. It is the highest point of the Buckindy Range, or Buckindy Ridge. It is located 19 miles east-northeast of Darrington, Washington, and 15 miles north-northwest of Glacier Peak which is one of the Cascade stratovolcanoes. It is situated in the Glacier Peak Wilderness on land administered by the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. Mount Misch was named by mountaineer and author Fred Beckey for his friend Peter Misch (1909-1987), University of Washington geology professor and mountaineer, who was renowned for his study of the North Cascades. Precipitation runoff from Mount Misch and the unnamed Goat Creek glacier on its east slope drains into tributaries of the Suiattle River and ultimately the Skagit River.

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Wikidata Q49053639, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2266 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.34370, -121.20046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Buckindy: 0.6 mi
  • Dol Amroth: 0.9 mi
  • Dol Guldur: 1.0 mi
  • Caradhras: 1.1 mi
  • Orthanc: 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Green View Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Greenwood Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Crown Point Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Lyman Falls: 17.3 mi
  • North Fork Sauk Falls: 18.7 mi
Parks: 12
  • Pressentin County Park: 16.4 mi
  • White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Hilt Creek Park: 18.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 18.8 mi
  • Backman County Park: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Historic sites: 5
  • Miners Cabin (ruined): 14.3 mi
  • North Cascading: 19.0 mi
  • Mackinaw Shelter: 21.6 mi
  • Hotel Fireplace Remains: 23.9 mi
  • Fortson Mill: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Hot springs: 2
Museums: 2
Springs: 1
  • Buck Creek Pass Spring: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • "Old Number 6" Seattle City Light Locomotive: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • The Garden: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Mount Misch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dome PeakESE 109°2,719 m8.3 mi
Boston PeakNE 36°2,711 m12.9 mi
Eldorado PeakNNE 13°2,703 m13.7 mi
Forbidden PeakNNE 29°2,687 m13.3 mi
Sahale MountainNE 36°2,646 m12.6 mi
Horseshoe PeakNE 40°2,585 m13.7 mi
Sinister PeakESE 109°2,569 m9.3 mi
Mount FormidableNE 51°2,521 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:18
June solstice05:0420:2121:10
September equinox06:5218:2319:04
December solstice07:5415:1916:13

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485559646559494137
Precip in12.88.18.75.53.52.91.61.74.09.213.711.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darrington 21 NNE, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/349003233

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