North Star Mountain
North Star Mountain rises to 2,436 m in Washington. Bonanza Peak stands 2,900 m to the east-northeast, 1.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloudy Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 21 miles off.
The story
North Star Mountain is an 8,096-foot (2,468-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades, in Chelan County of Washington state. Its nearest neighbor is Cloudy Peak 0.9 mi (1.4 km) to the southwest, and the nearest higher neighbor is Bonanza Peak, 1.9 mi (3.1 km) to the northeast. North Star Mountain was originally named Bonanza Peak, and vice versa, but the USGS’ first 1904 topographic map of the region mistakenly interchanged the names. Precipitation runoff from North Star drains into Agnes Creek and Railroad Creek, both tributaries of the Chelan River.
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Wikidata Q49057555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,436 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 29.8 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloudy Peak: 0.9 mi
- Bonanza Peak: 1.9 mi
- Dark Peak: 2.4 mi
- Sitting Bull Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Greenwood Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Crown Point Falls: 1.7 mi
- Greenwood Falls: 1.7 mi
- Lyman Falls: 2.6 mi
- Copper Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- 10 Mile Falls: 6.7 mi
- Miners Cabin (ruined): 4.2 mi
- Mackinaw Shelter: 18.9 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 22.4 mi
- Buck Creek Pass Spring: 6.2 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 10.5 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 22.2 mi
- Grassy Point: 10.4 mi
- Painted Rocks: 12.0 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Gamma Hot Springs: 9.0 mi
- Sulphur Creek Hot Springs: 13.1 mi
- Holden Museum: 6.1 mi
- Moore: 13.1 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of North Star Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza Peak | ENE 56° | 2,900 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Fernow | SE 134° | 2,821 m | 6.0 mi |
| Seven Fingered Jack | SE 142° | 2,750 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Maude | SE 143° | 2,748 m | 7.4 mi |
| Dome Peak | NW 313° | 2,719 m | 8.1 mi |
| Copper Peak | SE 127° | 2,671 m | 5.6 mi |
| Fortress Mountain | SSW 199° | 2,643 m | 4.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 183° | 2,599 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:35 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:19 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:18 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 32 | 39 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 61 | 53 | 41 | 29 | 22 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1523912 — North Star Mountain, Chelan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348974624
Day trips start here
- North Cascades · 9 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 18 mi
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