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Mount Octopus

Mount Octopus, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Octopus rises to 745 m in Washington. Mount Olympus stands 2,430 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sv. Nikolai Voyage of Exploration memorial, a historic site 4.8 miles away. Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 passes 29 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

About

The story

Mount Octopus is a 2,444-foot (745 m) peak in the western Olympic Mountains foothills, in Jefferson County, Washington a few miles from Olympic Corrections Center. The Snahapish River is at the base of the mountain to its east. The peak had a fire lookout active from c. 1957 to 1974. It was removed from its tower by Corrections Center inmates in preparation to move it to the Forks Timber Museum, but it burned before being moved. In September 2000, a repeater radio station was installed at the summit for NOAA Weather Radio. It filled gaps in emergency coverage for communities on the Olympic Peninsula, many of whom had no radio coverage from Puget Sound transmitters, and for oceangoing craft near the Pacific coast of Washington. Its purpose was especially to issue tsunami warnings.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q28873474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
745 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.74897, -124.17770

Overlooks nearby

Around it

93 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 49
  • Geodetic Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Spruce Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Peak Six: 8.4 mi
  • Owl Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Kloochman Rock: 11.2 mi
Parks: 9
  • Vannausdle Water Access: 10.2 mi
  • Thomas Water Access: 12.5 mi
  • Tilicum Park: 17.1 mi
  • Calawah River Park: 17.7 mi
  • Rearing Pond Water Access: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 8
Historic sites: 7
Waterfalls: 5
Museums: 5
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Sasquatch: 19.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Sol Duc Hot Springs: 21.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Arch: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Octopus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OlympusE2,430 m22.0 mi
Mount Olympus Middle PeakE2,389 m22.4 mi
Mount Olympus East PeakE2,324 m22.7 mi
Mount MathiasE2,178 m23.5 mi
Mount TomE2,148 m19.7 mi
Snow DomeENE2,068 m22.4 mi
AtlasENE1,934 m21.3 mi
South AppletonENE1,859 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4919:30
June solstice05:1920:3121:20
September equinox07:0418:3619:16
December solstice08:0415:3416:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414345495357616158514540
Precip in17.610.413.18.75.03.51.82.74.810.516.615.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearwater, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/348996641

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