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Mount Phelps

Mount Phelps, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Phelps rises to 1,687 m in Washington. Gunnshy Peak stands 1,895 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is McClain Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 6.6 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Washington, United States of America

Wikidata Q49054013, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1687 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.68794, -121.56512

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • McClain Peak: 1.0 mi
  • Infrared Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Red Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Salmon Red: 2.5 mi
  • Little Kid: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls
  • Milwawkie Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Little Kid Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Katrine Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Kanim Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Goat Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Baring Community Park: 6.8 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 8.8 mi
  • Great Northern & Cascade Railway Park: 9.6 mi
  • Skykomish City Ball Park: 10.2 mi
  • Big Eddy River Access: 11.1 mi
Artworks: 43
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 27
Nature reserves: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Lower Town Wall: 9.0 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 9.4 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 9.4 mi
  • West Quartz Camp: 9.4 mi
  • Spouse Wall: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 13
Museums: 12
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 9.6 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 9.6 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 9.7 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 15.8 mi
  • Northwest Railway Museum: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Group Picnic Shelter: 9.3 mi
  • Camp Brown Day Use Area: 9.9 mi
  • Mine Creek: 15.3 mi
  • Olallie State Park South Fork Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Beaches: 3
Hot springs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Mount Phelps. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gunnshy PeakNNE 28°1,895 m10.5 mi
Gunn PeakNNE 31°1,887 m10.4 mi
Merchant Peak (Northwest)NE 38°1,863 m10.0 mi
Baring MountainNE 44°1,858 m8.7 mi
Mount IndexN 353°1,826 m6.0 mi
Lennox MountainESE 108°1,789 m4.5 mi
TailgunnerNNE 31°1,781 m9.9 mi
Merchant Peak (Southeast)NE 40°1,764 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3819:19
June solstice05:0920:2021:09
September equinox06:5418:2519:06
December solstice07:5315:2416:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373840455257636358494136
Precip in13.69.211.59.76.96.12.52.45.610.514.511.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tolt S FK Rsvr, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1522921 — Mount Phelps, King County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356545812

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