Mount Rose
Mount Rose rises to 1,311 m in Washington. Mount Anderson stands 2,228 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Gulch Day Use Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC HOODSPORT TO JCT MT ROSE INTERSECTION passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mount Rose is a 4,301-foot-elevation (1,311-meter) mountain summit located in the southeast portion of the Olympic Mountains, in Mason County of Washington state. It is situated in the Mount Skokomish Wilderness, on land managed by Olympic National Forest. The nearest higher neighbor is line parent Copper Mountain, 1.2 mi (1.9 km) to the north, and Mount Ellinor is 1.7 mi (2.7 km) to the northeast. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Lake Cushman, and topographic relief is significant as the summit rises approximately 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above the lake in less than one mile. Old-growth forests of Douglas fir, western hemlock, and western redcedar grow on the slopes surrounding the peak. In 2006, the Bear Gulch Fire scorched 750 acres of forest on the slopes of Mount Rose from lake level to the summit. Another Bear Gulch Fire started on July 6, 2025, near Mount Rose and burned mostly uncontained though the summer. Access to the summit is via the 3.2-mile-long Mt. Rose Trail which gains 3,500 feet of elevation.
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Wikidata Q49054396, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1311 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC HOODSPORT TO JCT MT ROSE INTERSECTION
- 8.6 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
- 13.3 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR
- 21.0 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 15 mi
- South Point · 26 mi
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Ellinor: 1.7 mi
- Point B: 1.9 mi
- Horse's Mouth: 1.9 mi
- Point A: 2.0 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 2.4 mi
- Division 3 Park: 2.5 mi
- Division 1 Park: 4.7 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 7.5 mi
- Division 9 Park: 8.5 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 5.0 mi
- Ross Falls: 5.3 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 6.3 mi
- Upper Lilliwaup Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lilliwaup Falls: 8.4 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 5.0 mi
- Camp 3: 10.1 mi
- Camp Govey: 11.6 mi
- Simpson Lookout: 14.8 mi
- Ring of Fire: 20.6 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 1.2 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Lilly's Pad: 15.8 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 16.2 mi
- Whale Display: 21.5 mi
- Exhibit Building: 21.6 mi
- Mason County Historical Society Museum: 22.0 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 9.2 mi
- Hiburn Preserve: 21.8 mi
- HOPE Garden: 20.9 mi
- Eagle Garden: 21.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 14.7 mi
- Amelia: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Mount Rose. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Anderson | N 352° | 2,228 m | 15.0 mi |
| West Peak | N 350° | 2,169 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chimney Peak | NNW 338° | 2,086 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Brothers | NE 34° | 2,085.4 m | 12.4 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNW 342° | 2,078 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mount Stone | N 9° | 2,015.3 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mount Elk Lick | N 7° | 1,974 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mount Skokomish | N 358° | 1,961 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:27 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:32 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 44 | 40 |
| Precip in | 15.5 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 16.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cushman Powerhouse #2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356546295
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