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Mount Tatum

Mount Tatum, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tatum rises to 3,369 m in Alaska. Denali stands 6,190 m to the southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Carpe, a peak 2.6 miles away.

The story

Mount Tatum is an 11,140-foot (3,395 m) mountain summit in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Tatum lies to the northeast of Denali on Carpe Ridge with Muldrow Glacier to the west and Traleika Glacier to the east. Mount Tatum was named about 1945 by Bradford Washburn for Robert G. Tatum, a participant in the first ascent of Mount McKinley, reaching the South Peak on June 1, 1913.

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Wikidata Q14680163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3369 m

How to reach it

Coordinates63.18031, -150.80800

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Carpe: 2.6 mi
  • Gunsight Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • West Pyramid Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Koven: 4.2 mi
  • Central Pyramid Peak: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Ruth Glacier Landing: 14.9 mi
  • McKinley River: 17.2 mi
  • McKinley River Bar trail start: 19.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Mount Tatum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
DenaliSW 219°6,190 m9.9 mi
North PeakSW 227°5,913 m8.4 mi
Archdeacons TowerSW 222°5,911 m9.9 mi
Mount HunterSSW 210°4,442 m18.2 mi
Mount StevensSSW 204°4,233 m19.7 mi
Kahiltna PeaksSW 220°4,063 m13.6 mi
Mount SilverthroneSE 137°4,014 m6.1 mi
Mount CarpeSW 220°3,826 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0419:1720:18
June solstice03:5322:3500:19
September equinox07:4819:0520:06
December solstice10:43—15:21

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F4151329435356524225115
Precip in0.80.71.21.12.02.95.13.92.21.41.01.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denali 27 N, 19 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Denali National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Nov; busiest: Aug.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4557246066

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