Mount POW/MIA
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
- 2.9 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 27.2 mi off the Seward Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thunderbird Scenic Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Gorge Viewing Deck · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Gold Star Peak: 0.3 mi
- Bruce Aaron Roberts: 12.9 mi
- Curtis D. Menard Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Red Barn: 15.0 mi
- Nike Site Summit Integrated Fire Control Area: 16.9 mi
- 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
- Bear statue: 9.2 mi
- Where the Matanuska RIver Flows: 9.3 mi
- Harkening Spirit: 9.4 mi
- Resurrection Koru: 9.4 mi
- Bear: 11.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Thunder Bird Falls: 5.2 mi
- South Fork Falls: 14.3 mi
- Heritage Falls: 18.0 mi
- Hatcher Pass Public Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 24.5 mi
- Crevasse-Moraine Pavillion: 10.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bashful Peak | SE 131° | 2,440 m | 14.5 mi |
| Baleful Peak | SE 132° | 2,435 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bellicose Peak | SSE 159° | 2,328 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Rumble | SSE 163° | 2,295 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bold Peak | SE 128° | 2,293 m | 11.5 mi |
| West Kiliak Peak | S 172° | 2,271 m | 16.0 mi |
| Benign Peak | SSE 154° | 2,205 m | 13.2 mi |
| Benevolent Peak | SE 133° | 2,172 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:58 | 19:14 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:15 | 22:15 | 23:44 |
| September equinox | 07:42 | 19:01 | 19:59 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:37 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 21 | 25 | 39 | 49 | 57 | 60 | 58 | 49 | 35 | 21 | 17 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
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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