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Pillar Mountain

Pillar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Pillar Mountain rises to 387 m in Alaska. Center Mountain stands 1,027 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, a museum 1.1 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 1.2 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Alaska, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061249, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
387 m

How to reach it

Coordinates57.78861, -152.43556

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
  • Devils Prongs: 2.0 mi
  • Three Sisters: 2.3 mi
  • Monashka Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Monashka Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Barometer Mountain: 4.8 mi
Parks: 17
  • Preschool Park: 1.5 mi
  • Larch Street Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pearson Park: 1.7 mi
  • Spruce Tree Park: 1.9 mi
  • East Addition Park: 2.2 mi
Museums: 4
  • Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center: 1.1 mi
  • Kodiak Maritime Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Kodiak History Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Kodiak Military History Museum: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Three Sisters Trailhead: 2.3 mi
  • Trail to Barometer Mountain: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Buskin Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Jewel Beach: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Benny Benson grave: 2.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pillar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Center MountainSW 227°1,027 m16.2 mi
Sharatin MountainW 280°865 m9.5 mi
Erskine MountainWSW 246°806 m6.8 mi
Barometer MountainWSW 240°764 m4.8 mi
Pyramid MountainW 280°730 m5.3 mi
Raymond PeakSSW 205°698 m9.8 mi
Mount EllisonWNW 296°697 m17.9 mi
Kashevaroff MountainSW 220°696 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:1219:3220:24
June solstice05:0922:0623:16
September equinox07:5619:1920:11
December solstice09:5314:5116:24

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323333394550555650423633
Precip in7.96.05.15.65.45.14.55.07.38.37.18.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kodiak Wwtp, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6897259639

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