Mount Persis
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Mount Persis rises to 1,665 m in Washington. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is North Index, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Mount Persis is a 5,464-foot (1,665-metre) summit located in Snohomish County, of Washington state. The mountain is part of the Cascade Range and is situated in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The mountain was named for Persis Gunn (1846–1898), wife of homesteader/miner Amos Gunn who started the nearby town of Index, Washington, and also named nearby Mount Index. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Skykomish River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 4,160 feet (1,270 meters) above Anderson Creek in 0.8 mile (1.3 km). The rocks of Mount Persis are volcanic in origin and are considered amongst some of the earliest expressions of volcanism in the Cascade Mountain range in Washington.
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Wikidata Q49054004, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,665 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 1.8 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lunch Rock · 2 mi
- Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- View of Baring Mountain · 2 mi
- View of railroad bridge · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Index: 1.5 mi
- Middle Index: 1.6 mi
- Mount Index: 1.8 mi
- Little Haystack: 2.3 mi
- Philadelphia Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Boulder Drop: 1.9 mi
- Logjam Falls: 1.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Upper Cascade: 1.9 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Mine Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls-Lower East Cascade: 2.1 mi
- Heybrook Ridge Park: 3.2 mi
- Big Eddy River Access: 3.9 mi
- Reiter Foothills Park: 5.5 mi
- Baring Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Wallace Falls State Park Campground: 6.1 mi
- Goat Farm: 16.6 mi
- Gala Events: 16.9 mi
- Monte Cristo: 16.9 mi
- Vintage Big Carousel: 17.0 mi
- Northwest Canoe Adventure: 17.0 mi
- Apex Mine Lower Tram Terminal & Mill ruins: 7.8 mi
- Apex Mine Equipment Relics: 8.0 mi
- E2: 11.4 mi
- Bus: 12.4 mi
- Old Car: 12.9 mi
- South Fork Tolt Reservoir Watershed: 6.1 mi
- Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 12.9 mi
- Moss Lake Natural Area: 13.0 mi
- Chinook Bend Natural Area: 16.7 mi
- Arborwood Open Space: 17.2 mi
- Lower Town Wall: 2.5 mi
- Index Town Wall: 3.1 mi
- Peanuts Gallery: 3.4 mi
- Moai: 3.5 mi
- East Quartz Camp: 16.6 mi
- Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Nighthawk Site: 12.9 mi
- Bear Creek Site: 13.1 mi
- Group Picnic Shelter: 16.7 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Skykomish Historical Society: 12.9 mi
- Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 13.0 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 15.3 mi
- Monroe Historical Society: 17.2 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum: 20.6 mi
- Sultan Materials: 9.5 mi
- Kokopelli Gardens: 16.6 mi
- Duvall Food Forest: 17.6 mi
- Julia V. Morris Centennial Garden: 17.6 mi
- Sunrise Cremation Garden: 24.1 mi
- Monte Cristo: 16.9 mi
- Alpine: 18.2 mi
- Scenic: 21.9 mi
- Wellington: 23.1 mi
- Garland Mineral Springs: 14.2 mi
- Scenic Hot Springs: 22.7 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 23.8 mi
- Normandy Beach: 6.4 mi
- Duvall Beach: 17.9 mi
- Iron Goat Rest Area: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Mount Persis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunnshy Peak | ENE 72° | 1,895 m | 7.4 mi |
| Spire Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,894 m | 10.9 mi |
| Gunn Peak | ENE 77° | 1,887 m | 7.8 mi |
| Merchant Peak (Northwest) | E 85° | 1,863 m | 8.4 mi |
| Baring Mountain | E 95° | 1,858 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Index | SE 127° | 1,826 m | 1.8 mi |
| Townsend Mountain | E 87° | 1,809 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lennox Mountain | SE 143° | 1,789 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:21 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:24 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 16.7 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 8.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 12.3 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baring, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524345 — Mount Persis, Snohomish County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348999606
Day trips start here
- Monroe · 17 mi
- Snoqualmie · 21 mi
- North Bend · 22 mi
- Snohomish · 24 mi
- Stevens Pass · 24 mi
- King County · 25 mi
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