Sheep Mountain
Sheep Mountain rises to 2,515 m in Washington. Mount Lago stands 2,655 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 26 miles off.
The story
Sheep Mountain is an 8,274-foot (2,522-metre) mountain summit located in Okanogan County in Washington state. It is part of the Okanogan Range which is a sub-range of the North Cascades and Cascade Range. The mountain is situated less than 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the Canada–United States border, on the east side of the Cascade crest, in the Pasayten Wilderness, on land managed by the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest. The nearest higher peak is Andrew Peak, 8.3 miles (13.4 km) to the east-southeast. The Pacific Northwest Trail traverses the slopes of Sheep Mountain as it crosses Peeve Pass. Precipitation runoff from Sheep Mountain drains west into Peeve Creek, or east into tributaries of Ashnola River. The mountain was so named because for 40 years the meadows surrounding it were prime grazing land for sheep in the summer, before the protection of wilderness designation.
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Wikidata Q49072987, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2515 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 26.2 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sheep N3: 2.1 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ashnola Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bunker Hill: 4.3 mi
- Devils Stairway: 17.7 mi
- Nugget Wall: 22.7 mi
- Recess Wall: 22.7 mi
- Prospect Point: 22.7 mi
- Deadhorse Point: 23.8 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Northern Terminus: 18.8 mi
- Brown bear mine camp: 23.1 mi
- Mazama Queen Mine Mill Building Ruins: 24.5 mi
- Monument Spring: 11.6 mi
- Bighorn Falls: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Sheep Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lago | SSW 214° | 2,655 m | 12.2 mi |
| Remmel Mountain | ESE 113° | 2,636 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grimface Mountain | ENE 69° | 2,635 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | E 85° | 2,622 m | 9.1 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSW 209° | 2,612 m | 14.4 mi |
| Matriarch Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,610 m | 9.9 mi |
| Ptarmigan Peak | SW 220° | 2,602 m | 10.0 mi |
| Macabre Tower | ENE 71° | 2,596 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 04:58 | 20:20 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 08:54 | 16:12 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
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, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356546402
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