Oval Peak
Oval Peak rises to 2,665 m in Washington. Star Peak stands 2,644 m to the south, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Scaffold Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 14 miles off.
The story
Oval Peak is an 8,800-foot (2,700-metre) mountain in the North Cascades of Washington state. It is protected by the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness within the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. Oval Peak is the highest summit in the Methow Mountains, a subrange of the North Cascades. Oval Peak has a small rock glacier on its slopes. Climbing Oval Peak can be difficult due to the amount of talus on its slopes. There is a summit register at the peak.
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Wikidata Q20712293, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,665 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scaffold Peak: 2.0 mi
- Courtney Peak: 2.0 mi
- Duckbill Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Gray Peak: 2.3 mi
- Star Peak: 2.5 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Carlton Swimming Hole: 14.4 mi
- Bendtsen Public Access: 14.6 mi
- Patterson Lake Public Access: 14.6 mi
- Twisp River Burgar Street Access Point: 14.8 mi
- Domke Falls: 10.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 13.2 mi
- Monkey Bear Falls: 15.4 mi
- 10 Mile Falls: 16.4 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 17.1 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Painted Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Lucky Jim Bluff: 17.5 mi
- The Sweet Spot: 20.3 mi
- Handy Spring: 21.3 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 21.9 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 22.5 mi
- Halfway Spring: 22.6 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 13.4 mi
- Historical Site of Alder Mine MILL: 14.7 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 23.4 mi
- Entro: 14.9 mi
- Wings of the West Wind: 17.0 mi
- Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 17.2 mi
- Methow Salmon Recovery Ponds: 14.4 mi
- Aaron Johnson Park: 15.1 mi
- Methow Valley Interpretive Center: 14.9 mi
- Holden Museum: 17.1 mi
- Moore: 9.5 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 14.9 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Oval Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Peak | S 184° | 2,644 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | SE 145° | 2,574 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hoodoo Peak | ESE 123° | 2,571 m | 4.5 mi |
| Martin Peak | SSE 154° | 2,545 m | 7.6 mi |
| Reynolds Peak | NW 313° | 2,545 m | 9.0 mi |
| Switchback Mountain | SSE 158° | 2,536 m | 8.3 mi |
| Courtney Peak | SSW 206° | 2,535 m | 2.0 mi |
| Abernathy Peak | NNW 341° | 2,523 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 20:18 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:16 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 60 | 47 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stehekin 4 NW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524108 — Oval Peak, Okanogan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546041
Day trips start here
- Winthrop · 17 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 26 mi
- North Cascades · 29 mi
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