Striped Peak
Striped Peak rises to 343 m in Washington. Mount Carrie stands 2,125 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Beach, a beach 1.4 miles away. Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112 passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Striped Peak is a mountain located approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Port Angeles, Washington. It is located directly off the Strait of Juan de Fuca and rises to 1,166 feet (355 m). The mountain used to be part of Camp Hayden; there are still accessible bunkers located on the mountain. To the east is located Freshwater Bay and to the west Crescent Bay. Also located to west is the Salt Creek Recreation Area and Tongue Point. Striped Peak was named in 1846 by the British naval surveyor Henry Kellett due to a "landslip occurring down its face". The landslip is no longer visible. Striped Peak has a number of trails and roads that visitors can use to access points on the mountain. There a number of viewpoints which have views of the strait, Victoria, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Sooke, British Columbia, and surrounding coast and hills.
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Wikidata Q7624112, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Strait of Juan de Fuca Highway - SR 112, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kloshe Nanitch · 19 mi
- Pillar Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Storm King: 7.5 mi
- Mount Baldy: 7.7 mi
- Pyramid Mountain: 8.0 mi
- McDonald Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Happy Lake Ridge-West Peak: 10.1 mi
- Lake Sutherland Water Access Area: 5.8 mi
- Billy Whiteshoes Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Volunteer Field: 9.7 mi
- Crown Park: 9.9 mi
- Lincoln Park: 10.0 mi
- Devil’s Punchbowl: 7.0 mi
- Adventures Through Kayaking: 9.3 mi
- Ancient Groves: 14.8 mi
- Olympic Cellars Winery: 18.3 mi
- Rain Shadow Lavender Farm: 23.0 mi
- The Gosset Wing: 2.7 mi
- Historic Lincoln School: 10.8 mi
- North Olympic History Center: 11.8 mi
- Elwha Klallam Museum at the Carnegie: 11.9 mi
- NOAA - Olympic Coast Discovery Center: 12.0 mi
- Marymere Falls: 8.8 mi
- Madison Falls: 9.1 mi
- Salmon Cascades: 14.4 mi
- Sol Duc Falls: 15.5 mi
- Lover's Lane Falls: 15.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 1.4 mi
- Murdock Beach: 8.2 mi
- Twin River Surf Beach: 12.2 mi
- West Twin Beach: 12.3 mi
- Peace Through Trade Bell: 12.0 mi
- 9-11 Monument: 12.6 mi
- Military Service Memorial: 12.6 mi
- Giant Sea Lion Statue: 12.6 mi
- Bovee's Meadow Day Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Altair Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- La Poel Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
- Olympic Visions: 11.9 mi
- Gray Wolf & Pups: 11.9 mi
- Mother & Child: 12.0 mi
- Crescent School Garden: 3.2 mi
- Arboretum: 13.2 mi
- Olympic Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- Sol Duc Hot Springs: 15.4 mi
- Tree Bluff: 14.7 mi
- North Point: 18.6 mi
- Gettysburg: 6.5 mi
- Dungeness Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Striped Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carrie | S 175° | 2,125 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Fairchild | S 172° | 2,108 m | 17.9 mi |
| Ruth Peak | S 173° | 2,088 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Michael | S 174° | 2,057 m | 18.2 mi |
| Jackson Spire | S 173° | 2,019 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Angeles | SE 138° | 1,968 m | 15.0 mi |
| Stephen Peak | SSE 168° | 1,926 m | 20.2 mi |
| Eagle Point | SE 140° | 1,904 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:47 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 20:30 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:30 | 16:24 |
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 | 39 | 40 | 42 | 47 | 52 | 55 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 49 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Angeles Fairchild Intl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1526633 — Striped Peak, Clallam County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348997373
Day trips start here
- Port Angeles · 12 mi
- Olympic Peninsula · 25 mi
- Olympic National Park · 26 mi
- Sequim · 27 mi
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