Seymour Peak
Seymour Peak rises to 1,932 m in Washington. Little Tahoma stands 3,395 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Seymour Peak is a 6,337-foot-elevation (1,932-meter) mountain summit located in Mount Rainier National Park in Pierce County of Washington state. It is part of the Cascade Range and is situated southeast of Cayuse Pass and northeast of Shriner Peak. Its nearest higher neighbor is Dewey Peak, 0.79 mi (1.27 km) to the east. Precipitation runoff from Seymour Peak drains into tributaries of the Cowlitz River. Seymour Peak is named after William Wolcott Seymour (1861–1929), mayor of Tacoma, Washington, from 1911 to 1914. He was also a philanthropist, mountaineer, and a contributor to the scouting movement. This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49072465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1931.5 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the JCT SR 12 OHANAPECOSH JCT VIC WHITE PASS TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
- 0.8 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 410 VIC CHINOOK PASS
- 1.7 mi off the JCT MUD MTN RD VIC ENUMCLAW TO JCT SR 12 VIC NACHES
- 1.7 mi off the JCT SCATTER CREEK CROSSING TO JCT SR 12 VIC NACHES
Overlooks nearby
- Sourdough Gap · 4 mi
- Silver Falls Overlook · 7 mi
- Palisades Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Fife's Peak Viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dewey Peak: 0.9 mi
- Naches Peak: 1.6 mi
- Tahtlum Peak: 1.8 mi
- Yakima Peak: 2.2 mi
- Shriner Peak: 2.5 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Chinook Cascades: 2.4 mi
- Sydney Falls: 2.6 mi
- Stafford Falls: 2.8 mi
- Bumping River Falls: 6.1 mi
- Sunrise Point: 6.4 mi
- The Palisades: 8.9 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
- Nisqually Ice Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Nisqually Cleaver: 11.6 mi
- Sunrise Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Corral Pass Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Paradise Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- White Pass Day Use: 15.0 mi
- Clear Lake Day Use Area: 18.2 mi
- Log Spring: 8.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 9.7 mi
- Bum Springs: 13.6 mi
- Clover Spring: 14.5 mi
- Iron Mike Springs: 15.9 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Stevens-Van Trump Historical Monument: 10.6 mi
- Cross-section of 1293 Douglas Fir: 16.0 mi
- Marine Memorial Airplane Crash Monument: 18.9 mi
- Longmire Museum: 16.0 mi
- Transportation Exhibit: 16.0 mi
- Historic Packwood Station: 18.0 mi
- White Pass Country Historical Museum: 18.4 mi
- Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 18.0 mi
- Pyramid Creek SnoPark: 18.7 mi
- Salmon Falls Interpretive Site: 20.9 mi
- Boulder Cave Day Use Area: 21.3 mi
- Big Cedar: 6.2 mi
- The Trident: 10.7 mi
- Coffee Cup: 11.9 mi
- Mather Memorial East Portal Information Site: 21.3 mi
- Bevin Lake Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 7.9 mi
- Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 23.2 mi
- Hot Springs: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Seymour Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Tahoma | W 272° | 3,395 m | 9.8 mi |
| Anvil Rock | W 264° | 2,921 m | 10.5 mi |
| Whitman Crest | W 272° | 2,841 m | 8.7 mi |
| K Spire | W 276° | 2,708 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Ruth | WNW 282° | 2,635 m | 10.3 mi |
| 3rd Burroughs Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,386 m | 10.7 mi |
| Main Cowlitz Chimney | W 273° | 2,318 m | 5.0 mi |
| Central Cowlitz Chimney | W 276° | 2,265 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:39 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:17 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:29 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 28 | 30 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 53 | 54 | 49 | 40 | 32 | 27 |
| Precip in | 17.2 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 18.2 | 18.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1525599 — Seymour Peak, Pierce County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348178803
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- Mount Rainier National Park · 10 mi
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