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Portal Peak

Portal Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Portal Peak rises to 2,060 m in Washington. Glacier Peak stands 3,214 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is White Chuck Cinder Cone, a peak 0.7 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 19 miles off.

The story

Portal Peak is a 6,999-foot (2,133-metre) mountain summit in Snohomish County, Washington, United States.

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Wikidata Q49063507, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2060 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.04933, -121.17958

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 30
Parks: 10
  • White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
  • Backman County Park: 22.3 mi
  • Heybrook Ridge Park: 23.7 mi
  • Depot Park: 23.9 mi
  • Baring Community Park: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Mackinaw Shelter: 1.4 mi
  • Ore Concentrator: 10.7 mi
  • Lodge: 10.8 mi
  • Miners Cabin (ruined): 13.6 mi
  • Bus: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Grassy Point: 10.3 mi
  • Moai: 23.4 mi
  • Peanuts Gallery: 23.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 23.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • Buck Creek Pass Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Soda Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Carne Basin Spring: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bear Creek Site: 19.9 mi
  • Nighthawk Site: 20.2 mi
  • Heybrook Lookout Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Holden Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 25.0 mi
  • Great Northern and Cascade Railways: 25.0 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Portal Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier PeakNE 35°3,214 m5.3 mi
Disappointment PeakNE 39°2,970 m4.9 mi
Sitkum SpireNNE 30°2,851 m5.1 mi
Clark MountainE 90°2,606 m9.7 mi
Luahna PeakE 85°2,560 m9.0 mi
Chalangin PeakE 83°2,548 m8.7 mi
Kennedy PeakNNE 24°2,518 m6.2 mi
Tenpeak MountainENE 74°2,505 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3719:18
June solstice05:0620:2021:09
September equinox06:5218:2319:04
December solstice07:5315:2116:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222632394854616153412922
Precip in7.04.64.01.81.41.20.70.81.74.48.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524592 — Portal Peak, Snohomish County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356546146

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