Scaffold Peak
Scaffold Peak rises to 2,263 m in Washington. Oval Peak stands 2,665 m to the southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Duckbill Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071698, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,263 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duckbill Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Oval Peak: 2.0 mi
- Spirit Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Spirit Peak: 3.0 mi
- Buttermilk Butte: 3.9 mi
- Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
- Patterson Lake Public Access: 12.7 mi
- Twisp River Burgar Street Access Point: 13.0 mi
- Twisp Commons Park: 13.1 mi
- Maves Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Domke Falls: 12.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.2 mi
- Monkey Bear Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 17.8 mi
- 10 Mile Falls: 18.2 mi
- Hunts Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Painted Rocks: 12.7 mi
- Lucky Jim Bluff: 15.9 mi
- The Sweet Spot: 18.8 mi
- Handy Spring: 22.7 mi
- Snowshoe Spring: 23.7 mi
- Halfway Spring: 24.2 mi
- Carne Basin Spring: 24.5 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 12.9 mi
- Historical Site of Alder Mine MILL: 13.0 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 22.1 mi
- Entro: 13.1 mi
- Wings of the West Wind: 15.1 mi
- Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 15.2 mi
- Methow Salmon Recovery Ponds: 12.6 mi
- Aaron Johnson Park: 13.3 mi
- Methow Valley Interpretive Center: 13.1 mi
- Holden Museum: 18.9 mi
- Moore: 11.3 mi
- Native Plant Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Scaffold Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oval Peak | SW 225° | 2,665 m | 2.0 mi |
| Star Peak | SSW 202° | 2,644 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Bigelow | SSE 163° | 2,574 m | 6.4 mi |
| Hoodoo Peak | SSE 148° | 2,571 m | 4.5 mi |
| Martin Peak | SSE 166° | 2,545 m | 8.4 mi |
| Reynolds Peak | WNW 301° | 2,545 m | 9.2 mi |
| Switchback Mountain | S 170° | 2,536 m | 9.2 mi |
| Courtney Peak | SW 215° | 2,535 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:01 | 20:18 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 15:16 | 16:10 |
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 | 28 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 33 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winthrop 1 WSW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1525472 — Scaffold Peak, Okanogan County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546353
Day trips start here
- Winthrop · 15 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 27 mi
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