Race Point
Race Point rises to 921 m in Alaska. Andy Simons Mountain stands 1,893 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Marathon Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Seward Highway passes 1.1 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Annual mountain race in Alaska.
Dates from 1915.
Wikidata Q17019951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 921 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 1.7 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 27.4 mi off the Sterling Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Tern Lake · 29 mi
55 named places within 25 miles
- Marathon Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Phoenix Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Benson: 2.4 mi
- Mount Kenny Baker: 3.8 mi
- Good Friday Earthquake Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Seward Mariners' Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Founder's Monument: 1.5 mi
- Fort McGilvray: 9.0 mi
- Two Lakes Park: 1.0 mi
- Kawabe Park: 1.3 mi
- Waterfront Park Playground: 1.4 mi
- Evan Casey Skate Park: 1.4 mi
- Lowell Point State Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Caines Head State Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Sandspit Point State Marine Park: 13.1 mi
- Sunny Cove State Marine Park: 15.0 mi
- William H Seward Bust: 1.2 mi
- Jujiro Wada Iditarod Trail Pioneer: 1.4 mi
- North Beach: 7.4 mi
- South Beach: 8.8 mi
- Allen Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Holgate Glacier Face: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Race Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Simons Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,893 m | 19.5 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,881 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mt Ascension | N 355° | 1,740 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | NW 326° | 1,606 m | 22.4 mi |
| Madson Mountain | N 3° | 1,606 m | 23.9 mi |
| Axis Peak | NNW 349° | 1,573 m | 24.1 mi |
| Phoenix Peak | WNW 290° | 1,565 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Adair | N 1° | 1,549 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:00 | 19:17 | 20:12 |
| June solstice | 04:33 | 22:07 | 23:28 |
| September equinox | 07:43 | 19:05 | 20:00 |
| December solstice | 10:02 | 13:39 | 15:52 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seward AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4557078265
Day trips start here
- Seward · 2 mi
- Kenai Fjords National Park · 22 mi
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