Snowy Mountain
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Snowy Mountain rises to 2,162 m in Alaska. Mount Denison stands 2,318 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Noisy Mountain, a peak 8.9 miles away. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Snowy Mountain is a stratovolcano on the Alaska Peninsula of Alaska, United States. It was named by the National Geographic Society in 1919 because of the extensive glaciers nearby.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7548743, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2162 m
How to reach it
25 named places within 25 miles
- Noisy Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Mount Denison: 10.3 mi
- Mount Katmai: 10.4 mi
- Mount Steller: 12.6 mi
- Mount Kukak: 14.4 mi
- Wolverine Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fulton Falls: 17.4 mi
- Mount Katmai Caldera: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Snowy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Denison | NE 56° | 2,318 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Griggs | W 276° | 2,317 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Steller | ENE 58° | 2,272 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Mageik | WSW 245° | 2,165 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Katmai | WSW 249° | 2,047 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Kukak | NE 55° | 2,043 m | 14.4 mi |
| Trident Volcano | WSW 246° | 1,864 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Juhle | W 280° | 1,529 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:21 | 19:41 | 20:33 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 22:18 | 23:30 |
| September equinox | 08:05 | 19:28 | 20:20 |
| December solstice | 10:07 | 14:50 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Inside the official boundary of Katmai National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1603891203
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