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 No Name Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. JCT SR 97 VIC TONASKET TO JCT SR 2 VIC NEWPORT passes 3.8 miles off.
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 JCT SR 97 VIC TONASKET TO JCT SR 2 VIC NEWPORT
- 3.8 mi off the International Selkirk Scenic Loop, National
- 4.3 mi off the SR 2 JCT TO SR 20 JCT BY USK
- 10.8 mi off the Panhandle Historic Rivers Passage
Named places within 25 miles
- No Name Peak: 2.2 mi
- Cooks Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Furport Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mosquito Point: 5.6 mi
- Bead Lake Peak: 5.6 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 19.3 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 |
| Saddle Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,720 m | 16.3 mi |
| Fourth of July Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,710 m | 14.0 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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