Red Top Mountain
Red Top Mountain rises to 1,634 m in Washington. Dragontail Peak stands 2,695 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Bear, a peak 4.8 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Kittitas County, Washington state, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068030, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,634 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 18.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 18.9 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 26.6 mi off the Chinook Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Echo Point · 4 mi
- Peshastin Lookout · 19 mi
- Mount Margaret · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Iron Bear: 4.8 mi
- Joker: 5.0 mi
- Jester Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Sculpture Rock: 5.3 mi
- Stafford Lookout Site: 5.5 mi
- Centennial Park: 10.6 mi
- Hanson Ponds: 10.8 mi
- Flagpole Park: 11.3 mi
- Cle Elum City Park: 11.5 mi
- Coal Mines Trail Park: 11.5 mi
- The Yeti: 15.7 mi
- Icicles: 17.6 mi
- Watershed Bell: 17.6 mi
- Granite Salmon: 17.7 mi
- Shaman Salmon: 17.7 mi
- Casland: 6.9 mi
- Etienne Creek Mining Area: 9.4 mi
- Blewett Stamp Mill: 9.7 mi
- old bus: 10.5 mi
- Pacific Telegraph Historic Marker: 11.0 mi
- Rock n Tomahawk Ranch: 11.4 mi
- KBHR Set: 12.2 mi
- Hatchery Park Ampitheater: 18.1 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Blind: 18.2 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 19.4 mi
- Telephone Museum: 11.0 mi
- Carpenter Museum: 11.1 mi
- Roslyn Historical Museum: 12.3 mi
- South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center: 12.3 mi
- Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 20.7 mi
- Lizard Wall: 11.0 mi
- Spineless Prow: 13.0 mi
- Osborn Point: 14.1 mi
- Snow Creek Wall: 15.8 mi
- Central Park: 16.9 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 20.8 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Okanogan Avenue Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 22.9 mi
- Marshall W. Mayberry Arboretum: 23.0 mi
- Speelyi Beach: 15.0 mi
- Shore Street River Access: 19.0 mi
- Dog Beach: 19.8 mi
- Deer Beach: 20.2 mi
- Rafters Beach: 20.3 mi
- Cougar Spring: 6.6 mi
- Culver Springs: 8.7 mi
- Lanigan Spring: 9.1 mi
- Lion Rock Springs: 9.1 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 12.2 mi
- Liberty Recreation Site: 5.3 mi
- Suncadia Conservancy: 14.2 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 17.8 mi
- Easton Ponds: 19.6 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 20.0 mi
- Turkey Gulch Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Tunnel 47 Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Day Use Area: 20.7 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Upper Snow Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Viviane Falls: 12.5 mi
- Drury Falls: 23.1 mi
- Blewett: 9.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Red Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragontail Peak | NNW 345° | 2,695 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pandora's Box | NNW 344° | 2,658 m | 12.6 mi |
| Colchuck Peak | NNW 342° | 2,653 m | 12.8 mi |
| Witches Tower | NNW 346° | 2,597 m | 12.5 mi |
| Little Annapurna | NNW 348° | 2,578 m | 11.8 mi |
| Argonaut Peak | NNW 338° | 2,577 m | 12.6 mi |
| McClellan Peak | N 354° | 2,549 m | 11.7 mi |
| West Annapurna | NNW 347° | 2,537 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:35 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:16 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:23 | 16:16 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — CLE Elum, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1524958 — Red Top Mountain, Kittitas County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546235
Day trips start here
- Cashmere · 20 mi
- Leavenworth · 21 mi
- Wenatchee · 22 mi
- East Wenatchee · 24 mi
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