Table Mountain
Table Mountain rises to 1,042 m in Washington. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenleaf Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Table Mountain is a peak rising on the north side of the Columbia River in Washington state, about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-northwest of Bonneville Dam. It is one of the most spectacular landmarks of the Columbia River Gorge. Its southeast face drops 2,400 feet (730 m) in less than one horizontal mile (1.6 km.), and is topped by an almost vertical 800-foot (240 m) cliff. Table Mountain is joined by the similar Greenleaf Peak to the northeast, and also by Hamilton Mountain to the southwest, which is lower, (2,438 ft or 743 m), but similarly steep and much closer to the Columbia. Together these peaks form an impressive group on the Washington side of the Gorge. Between 1425 and 1450 AD the south side of Table Mountain sheared off and dammed the Columbia River in an event known as the Bonneville Slide. The river soon carved a new bend around to the south, but for a while Native Americans living in the area could walk across. This led to the legend known as the Bridge of the Gods.
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Wikidata Q7673142, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1042 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 6.6 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 21.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 22.5 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Hardy Falls Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Buck Point · 5 mi
- Franz Lake Viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenleaf Falls: 0.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Rodney Falls: 3.7 mi
- Rodney Falls: 3.7 mi
- Hardy Falls: 3.7 mi
- Sacagawea and Papoose Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Greenleaf Peak: 1.7 mi
- Aldrich Butte: 2.6 mi
- Phlox Point: 2.7 mi
- Bass Lake Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- North Shore Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Fort Cascades Trail: 3.6 mi
- Bradford Island Fishing Area: 3.7 mi
- Washington Shore Visitor Facility: 3.8 mi
- Fort Raines: 4.0 mi
- Win S. Acton: 4.3 mi
- Hadley Grove: 4.3 mi
- Pacific Crest Trail Cascade Locks: 4.6 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 10.1 mi
- Running Free: 4.2 mi
- Quaytskin: 20.3 mi
- Bald Eagle: 20.6 mi
- Devoted Passion: 22.0 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 22.1 mi
- East Spring: 6.0 mi
- Teakettle Spring: 7.2 mi
- Tanner Spring: 10.0 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 10.7 mi
- Big Cedar Spring: 10.7 mi
- Pierce Island: 5.0 mi
- Great Camas Patch: 8.1 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 14.2 mi
- Oxbow Regional Park: 20.0 mi
- Chinquapin Bluffs West: 20.7 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 4.2 mi
- Skamania County Fairgrounds: 4.4 mi
- Sternwheeler Columbia Gorge: 4.6 mi
- Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 6.0 mi
- Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 20.0 mi
- Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Rose Garden Labyrinth: 17.3 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 23.1 mi
- Red Bluffs: 1.3 mi
- Red Bluffs: 1.4 mi
- Red Bluffs: 1.8 mi
- Waespe Point: 8.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 13.3 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 3.9 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 21.3 mi
- Depot Rail Museum: 22.0 mi
- Barn Exhibit Hall: 22.0 mi
- Home Valley Beach: 10.0 mi
- Cottonwood Beach: 19.3 mi
- Sandy Swimming Hole: 19.9 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 21.8 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 22.3 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 4.5 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 7.8 mi
- Hemlock Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Wahkeena Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- Sunset Falls Day Use Area: 15.6 mi
- Dodson: 6.5 mi
- Bridal Veil: 13.0 mi
- Latourell: 15.4 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 13.2 mi
- Natural Bridges: 24.2 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Table Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | ESE 103° | 1,504 m | 12.9 mi |
| Indian Mountain | SE 143° | 1,491 m | 12.4 mi |
| Green Point Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,443.8 m | 11.3 mi |
| Chinidere Mountain | SE 131° | 1,416 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tomlike Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,387 m | 10.5 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,383.8 m | 13.1 mi |
| Tanner Butte | SSE 157° | 1,355 m | 9.4 mi |
| Silver Star Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,337 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:16 | 21:02 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 15:37 | 16:27 |
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 | 39 | 41 | 46 | 51 | 57 | 62 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 13.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356542286
Day trips start here
- Cascade Locks · 5 mi
- Stevenson · 5 mi
- Washougal · 19 mi
- Camas · 22 mi
- Hood River · 23 mi
- Mount Hood · 23 mi
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