Porphyry Peak
Porphyry Peak rises to 1,187 m in Washington. Baldy Mountain stands 2,310 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bolster, a ghost town 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,187 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Strawberry Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Buckhorn Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Hee Hee Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Block Hill: 5.3 mi
- Molson Hill: 5.7 mi
- Sidley Lake Public Access: 7.7 mi
- Midway Biking & Hiking Trails: 12.5 mi
- Beal Park: 14.6 mi
- Oroville Community Baseball Fields: 16.5 mi
- Henry Kniss Park: 16.9 mi
- Bolster: 1.4 mi
- Chesaw: 1.4 mi
- Molson: 6.6 mi
- Bodie: 11.4 mi
- Bodie Mine: 11.7 mi
- Old Molson Ghost Town Museum: 6.5 mi
- Molson Schoolhouse Museum: 6.6 mi
- Ansorge Hotel: 21.5 mi
- Old Aqueduct Tunnel: 20.5 mi
- Ben Hur Mine concrete pad and hoist: 24.3 mi
- San Poil Mine - Mill sFoundation: 24.6 mi
- Ethel Spring: 13.6 mi
- Smugglers Spring: 19.4 mi
- Striding Sasquatch: 13.0 mi
- Boundary Falls: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Porphyry Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,310 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Bonaparte | SSW 193° | 2,212 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Annie | S 179° | 1,841 m | 20.5 mi |
| Spur Mountain | S 185° | 1,829 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | SSW 209° | 1,765 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bodie Mountain | SE 131° | 1,718 m | 13.8 mi |
| Fir Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,713 m | 21.1 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,703 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:27 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 04:53 | 20:15 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:14 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:06 | 16:02 |
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 | 23 | 26 | 33 | 42 | 51 | 56 | 65 | 65 | 56 | 42 | 30 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tonasket 11ne, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524580 — Porphyry Peak, Okanogan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546142
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