Mount Wilbur
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Mount Wilbur rises to 3,298 m in Alaska. Mount Fairweather stands 4,671 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Orville, a peak 1.6 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 45 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Wilbur is a 10,821-foot (3,298 m) peak of the Fairweather Range, the southernmost part of the Saint Elias Mountains. It lies approximately 14 mi (23 km) southeast of Mount Fairweather and 8 mi (13 km) northwest of Mount Crillon. It is set within Glacier Bay National Park. The peak is the higher of a pair of peaks, Mounts Wilbur and Orville, named after the Wright brothers who invented the airplane, the form of transportation that contributed greatly to the development of Alaska. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1967 by the United States Board on Geographic Names. Though not a particularly high peak in absolute terms, Mount Wilbur does stand quite high above local terrain, due to its proximity to the ocean: the summit is only 7.5 mi (12.1 km) from tidewater at the head of Lituya Bay to the southwest.
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Wikidata Q8521793, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3298 m
How to reach it
- 44.8 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National
35 named places within 25 miles
- Mount Orville: 1.6 mi
- Mount Wilbur: 4.4 mi
- Bay Peak: 5.7 mi
- Lituya Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Mount Crillon: 7.5 mi
- Glaciar Bay: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Wilbur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Fairweather | NNW 327° | 4,671 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Quincy Adams | NNW 338° | 4,150 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Crillon | SE 135° | 3,879 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Salisbury | NNW 346° | 3,710 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lituya Mountain | NW 317° | 3,634 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Root | NNW 339° | 3,553 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount La Perouse | SE 145° | 3,265 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Orville | E 98° | 3,199 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:12 | 19:31 | 20:23 |
| June solstice | 04:59 | 22:10 | 23:24 |
| September equinox | 07:55 | 19:18 | 20:11 |
| December solstice | 11:01 | 15:32 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Inside the official boundary of Glacier Bay National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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