Squalicum Mountain
Squalicum Mountain rises to 472 m in Washington. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Toad Lake, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 22.9 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 26.9 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 27.2 mi off the San Juan Islands
Overlooks nearby
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Inspiration Point · 8 mi
- Burnout knob · 11 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Northridge Park: 2.5 mi
- Big Rock Garden: 2.5 mi
- Westhills Park: 2.6 mi
- Bloedel Donovan Park: 2.7 mi
- Highland Heights: 3.0 mi
- Constructing a New World: 3.4 mi
- Memorial Healing Totem Pole: 3.9 mi
- Double vision: 4.6 mi
- Miss Velveeta Jones: 4.8 mi
- Red Rock: 5.1 mi
- Toad Lake: 1.3 mi
- Peters Street Trail: 2.5 mi
- Big Rock Park: 2.5 mi
- Neighborhood Connector: 2.5 mi
- Olsen Creek State Forest: 2.6 mi
- Toad Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Slash: 3.7 mi
- Bigfoot Hill: 4.4 mi
- King Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak: 4.7 mi
- Whatcom County Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Softball Hall of Fame: 4.5 mi
- Healing and Reconciliation Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic: 5.3 mi
- Worker Memorial Day Plaque: 5.3 mi
- Lightcatcher: 5.4 mi
- Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: 5.5 mi
- Old City Hall: 5.5 mi
- Whatcom Museum at Old City Hall: 5.5 mi
- Old Fire Station No. 1: 5.5 mi
- Public Access Beach: 2.7 mi
- Cornwall Beach: 6.1 mi
- Squalicum Beach: 6.8 mi
- dogfish beach: 11.6 mi
- Dogfish beach south: 11.6 mi
- Whirlpool Falls: 3.4 mi
- Anderson Falls: 3.7 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hard Scrabble Falls: 6.6 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 7.4 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 7.1 mi
- Stoney Ridge Farm: 8.6 mi
- Samson Estates Winery: 8.8 mi
- Dan Cramer's Western Town: 9.7 mi
- Farmville: 15.9 mi
- York Community Farm: 4.9 mi
- Cornwall Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 5.1 mi
- Biology garden plot: 6.2 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 10.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 20.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 21.5 mi
- The Palisades: 21.8 mi
- Lee Promontory: 23.6 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 13.9 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Mount Baker Vista: 21.2 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Squalicum Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Twin | ESE 107° | 2,123 m | 18.2 mi |
| North Twin | ESE 105° | 2,024 m | 17.5 mi |
| Skookum Peak | ESE 108° | 2,018 m | 18.5 mi |
| Little Sister | ESE 109° | 2,012 m | 19.0 mi |
| Jaw's Tooth | ESE 108° | 1,981 m | 18.5 mi |
| Kloke Peak | ESE 109° | 1,975 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cinderella Peak | ESE 109° | 1,975 m | 19.2 mi |
| Barbara Peak | ESE 114° | 1,835 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 20:27 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:21 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham 3 SSW, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1512687 — Squalicum Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356542276
Day trips start here
- Bellingham · 6 mi
- Ferndale · 11 mi
- Lynden · 12 mi
- Northwest Washington · 13 mi
- Lummi Island · 15 mi
- Edison · 16 mi
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