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Skookum Peak

Skookum Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates48.30289, -117.19093

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks: 22
  • 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
Museums: 3
  • Pend Oreille County Historical Museum: 11.0 mi
  • Priest Lake Museum: 20.5 mi
  • Chewelah Museum: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mission Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Exley Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Hunt Falls: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Pend Oreille County Fairground: 5.8 mi
  • Indian Rock: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Benton Spring: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Calispell PeakWNW 303°2,087 m17.0 mi
North BaldyN 6°1,870 m16.9 mi
South BaldyNNE 16°1,821 m8.9 mi
Little Calispell PeakWNW 292°1,796 m14.9 mi
Chewelah MountainW 266°1,759 m17.6 mi
Dirty ShirtWNW 298°1,756 m14.8 mi
Saddle MountainWNW 298°1,720 m16.3 mi
Fourth of July MountainWNW 292°1,710 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2019:02
June solstice04:4920:0520:54
September equinox06:3618:0718:48
December solstice07:3815:0315:57

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283138455560676657453428
Precip in3.02.03.22.32.22.31.00.81.22.83.53.2

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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