Sentinel Peak
Sentinel Peak rises to 2,009 m in Washington. Mount Deception stands 2,369 m to the east-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Sentinels Sister, a peak 0.8 miles away. Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 passes 24 miles off.
The story
Sentinel Peak is a 6,592-foot-high (2,009 m) mountain summit located in the Olympic Mountains, in Jefferson County of Washington state. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park, its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Fromme, 1.42 miles (2.29 km) to the northwest. Sentinels Sister is a lower 6,301-foot-high (1,921 m) companion summit situated 0.65 miles (1.05 km) to the southwest. The two peaks stand as sentinels above the Dosewalips Valley and Hayden Pass, and were possibly named by an early expedition of the Seattle Mountaineers. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains to Hood Canal via the Dosewallips River.
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Wikidata Q49072285, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,009 m
How to reach it
- 23.9 mi off the Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 20 mi
- South Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sentinels Sister: 0.8 mi
- Mount Fromme: 1.4 mi
- Mount Claywood: 2.0 mi
- Lost Peak: 2.4 mi
- Wellesley Peak: 2.5 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 20.4 mi
- Division 3 Park: 20.8 mi
- Pleasant Harbor State Park: 21.4 mi
- Three Waters County Park: 21.5 mi
- Quilcene Community Park: 21.7 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 13.2 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 14.5 mi
- Service Falls: 14.8 mi
- Ross Falls: 15.0 mi
- Murhut Falls: 15.4 mi
- Quilcene Historical Museum: 21.9 mi
- The Beaumont Cabin: 22.5 mi
- Native Art Gallery: 23.4 mi
- Elwha Klallam Museum at the Carnegie: 23.8 mi
- Feiro Marine Life Center: 24.0 mi
- B-17 Crash Site: 12.9 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 16.0 mi
- 9-11 Monument: 23.6 mi
- Military Service Memorial: 23.6 mi
- Giant Sea Lion Statue: 23.6 mi
- Olympic Cellars Winery: 22.0 mi
- Rain Shadow Lavender Farm: 22.2 mi
- 7 Cedars Casino: 22.8 mi
- Adventures Through Kayaking: 23.6 mi
- Fairgrounds: 23.8 mi
- Linger Longer Beach: 22.1 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.2 mi
- Mystery Beach: 22.3 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Dabob Broad Spit: 24.5 mi
- Kite Girl: 23.3 mi
- Olympic Visions: 23.9 mi
- Mother & Child: 23.9 mi
- Gray Wolf & Pups: 24.0 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
- Altair Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Dungeness Trails: 20.8 mi
- Quilcene Bay WDFW Tidelands: 22.1 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 24.5 mi
- Arboretum: 22.5 mi
- Sequim Botanical Garden: 24.2 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 5.1 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 20.9 mi
- Red Bluff: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Sentinel Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | ENE 65° | 2,369 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Constance | E 92° | 2,364 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Johnson | NE 53° | 2,341 m | 6.2 mi |
| Inner Constance | E 94° | 2,338 m | 9.1 mi |
| Martin Peak | ENE 57° | 2,328 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sweat Spire | NE 53° | 2,304 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Mystery | ENE 78° | 2,298 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gasp Pinnancle | NE 52° | 2,292 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:28 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:31 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Olympic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1525573 — Sentinel Peak, Jefferson County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356546373
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 13 mi
- Olympic National Park · 22 mi
- Port Angeles · 24 mi
- Sequim · 24 mi
- Seabeck · 26 mi
- Kitsap Peninsula · 30 mi
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