Skookum Peak
Skookum Peak rises to 990 m in Washington. Calispell Peak stands 2,087 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooks Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. International Selkirk Scenic Loop passes 3.8 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 990 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the International Selkirk Scenic Loop, National
- 10.8 mi off the Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage
93 named places within 25 miles
- Cooks Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Furport Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mosquito Point: 5.6 mi
- Bead Lake Peak: 5.6 mi
- Kings Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Geophysical Sno-Park: 4.7 mi
- Marshall Lake Public Access Area: 6.1 mi
- Davis Lake Public Access: 6.8 mi
- Manresa Grotto: 7.5 mi
- Pioneer Park: 8.9 mi
- Pend Oreille County Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
- Priest Lake Museum: 20.5 mi
- Chewelah Museum: 24.1 mi
- Galena Point: 12.8 mi
- Mill Creek Point: 12.8 mi
- Uleda Point: 23.4 mi
- Mission Falls: 14.6 mi
- Exley Falls: 16.5 mi
- Hunt Falls: 24.9 mi
- Pend Oreille County Fairground: 5.8 mi
- Indian Rock: 23.4 mi
- Benton Spring: 19.9 mi
- Missile Silo Park: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skookum Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calispell Peak | WNW 303° | 2,087 m | 17.0 mi |
| North Baldy | N 6° | 1,870 m | 16.9 mi |
| South Baldy | NNE 16° | 1,821 m | 8.9 mi |
| Little Calispell Peak | WNW 292° | 1,796 m | 14.9 mi |
| Chewelah Mountain | W 266° | 1,759 m | 17.6 mi |
| Dirty Shirt | WNW 298° | 1,756 m | 14.8 mi |
| Fourth of July Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,710 m | 14.0 mi |
| Goddards Peak | W 277° | 1,687 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:20 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 04:49 | 20:05 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:07 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:03 | 15:57 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1508394 — Skookum Peak, Pend Oreille County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356541268
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