Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 2,246 m in Washington. Mount Lago stands 2,655 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Okanogan County, Washington, United States of America; geonames ID = 5807640.
Wikidata Q49066095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,246 m
How to reach it
- 24.7 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Sheep Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ashnola Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.9 mi
- Middle Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Devils Stairway: 15.9 mi
- Nugget Wall: 20.9 mi
- Recess Wall: 20.9 mi
- Prospect Point: 20.9 mi
- Deadhorse Point: 21.9 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Northern Terminus: 17.4 mi
- Brown bear mine camp: 21.0 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 23.0 mi
- Monument Spring: 10.3 mi
- Bighorn Falls: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lago | SSW 210° | 2,655 m | 10.2 mi |
| Remmel Mountain | ESE 102° | 2,636 m | 10.6 mi |
| Grimface Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,635 m | 11.9 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | ENE 78° | 2,622 m | 10.9 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSW 206° | 2,612 m | 12.4 mi |
| Matriarch Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,610 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ptarmigan Peak | SW 218° | 2,602 m | 7.9 mi |
| Macabre Tower | ENE 67° | 2,596 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:20 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 16:12 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 36 | 45 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mazama, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524751 — Quartz Mountain, Okanogan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546188
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