Setting Sun Mountain
Setting Sun Mountain rises to 2,192 m in Washington. Silver Star Mountain stands 2,670 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is McLeod Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072334, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,192 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
Overlooks nearby
- Washington Pass Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McLeod Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Sunrise Peak: 4.0 mi
- Pistol Peaks: 4.4 mi
- Goat Peak: 4.9 mi
- Beauty Peak: 5.1 mi
- Prospect Point: 4.6 mi
- Recess Wall: 4.6 mi
- Nugget Wall: 4.6 mi
- Deadhorse Point: 6.5 mi
- The Sweet Spot: 9.0 mi
- Patterson Lake Public Access: 18.8 mi
- Mack Lloyd Park: 19.2 mi
- Confluence Park: 19.4 mi
- Homestream Park: 19.8 mi
- Heckendorn Park: 20.0 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 5.1 mi
- Brown bear mine camp: 10.3 mi
- Gilbert Ghost Town: 17.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 9.7 mi
- Bighorn Falls: 19.9 mi
- Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 19.4 mi
- Wings of the West Wind: 19.7 mi
- Monument Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Setting Sun Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Star Mountain | SSW 212° | 2,670 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Lago | NNW 336° | 2,655 m | 10.0 mi |
| Robinson Mountain | WNW 289° | 2,653 m | 6.2 mi |
| Monument Peak | NNW 327° | 2,612 m | 8.0 mi |
| Ptarmigan Peak | NNW 341° | 2,602 m | 12.3 mi |
| Osceola Peak | NNW 327° | 2,581 m | 10.9 mi |
| Big Craggy Peak | NE 50° | 2,575 m | 7.0 mi |
| Lost Peak | N 356° | 2,552 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 20:19 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 15:14 | 16:09 |
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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356546378
Day trips start here
- Winthrop · 20 mi
- North Cascades National Park · 26 mi
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