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Mount POW/MIA

Mount POW/MIA, seen from above at true elevation

Mount POW/MIA rises to 1,315 m in Alaska. Bashful Peak stands 2,440 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Star Peak, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Glenn Highway passes 2.9 miles off.

The story

Mount POW/MIA is a mountain in the U.S. state of Alaska that has been dedicated to all the soldiers that are or have been given the status of Prisoner of War or Missing in Action (POW/MIA). The mountain is just north of Eklutna Lake and is west of Twin peaks and Bull Peak, six miles southeast of Wasilla in Chugach State Park. There is a POW/MIA flag placed atop of Mount POW/MIA and is replaced annually by the Local Colony Army JROTC program during Memorial weekend in May. The black and white flag was designed by the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia and has been flown at the White House. This mountain was originally known to locals by the name Anvil Peak and was renamed by the efforts of John Morrissey, a Vietnam veteran from Patterson, New York. Morrissey, with the help of veterans advocate Leo Kaye, pressed the USGS to recognize the mountain as a monument for all American soldiers that have been prisoners of war (POW) or missing in action (MIA) in America's past and future conflicts. The two veterans' mission was completed on Veterans Day 1999 with the official naming of the mountain. John Morrissey died in New York September 19, 2007. His ashes were placed to rest on the mountain on June 17, 2008.

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Wikidata Q1950626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1315 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.44558, -149.19996

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Goat Rock: 1.0 mi
  • West Twin Peak: 1.3 mi
  • East Twin Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Pepper Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Shaker Peak: 4.4 mi
Parks
  • Reflections Lake: 3.3 mi
  • Edmonds Lake Park: 6.9 mi
  • Mirror Lake Park: 7.1 mi
  • Coyote Ski Trails: 7.1 mi
  • Tonjess Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
Attractions: 10
  • Eklutna Historical Park: 5.4 mi
  • Reindeer Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Musk Ox Farm: 13.3 mi
  • Gateway Scenic Overlook: 18.3 mi
  • Gateway Scenic Overlook: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 9
  • Rain Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Millie's Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Perennial Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Eckert Garden: 9.5 mi
  • The Gathering Place: 9.7 mi
Museums: 9
  • Palmer Museum of History & Art: 10.9 mi
  • Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Museum: 12.2 mi
  • Old Houses of Wasilla: 12.4 mi
  • Wasilla Museum & Visitors Center: 12.4 mi
  • Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Crevasse-Moraine Pavillion: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Beaver Beach: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Mount POW/MIA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bashful PeakSE 131°2,440 m14.5 mi
Baleful PeakSE 132°2,435 m16.3 mi
Bellicose PeakSSE 159°2,328 m15.2 mi
Mount RumbleSSE 163°2,295 m13.7 mi
Bold PeakSE 128°2,293 m11.5 mi
West Kiliak PeakS 172°2,271 m16.0 mi
Benign PeakSSE 154°2,205 m13.2 mi
Benevolent PeakSE 133°2,172 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5819:1420:12
June solstice04:1522:1523:44
September equinox07:4219:0119:59
December solstice10:15—15:37

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F142125394957605849352117
Precip in1.00.90.70.50.81.51.82.82.31.61.11.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eklutna WTP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/8203776003

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