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Tahtlum Peak

Tahtlum Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Tahtlum Peak rises to 2,002 m in Washington. Little Tahoma stands 3,395 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Naches Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. JCT MUD MTN RD VIC ENUMCLAW TO JCT SR 12 VIC NACHES passes 1.8 miles off.

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The story

Tahtlum Peak is a 6,567-foot-elevation (2,002-meter) mountain summit in Yakima County of Washington state.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q56277148, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2001.6 m
Getting there

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Coordinates46.86433, -121.47747

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Deer Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Chinook Cascades: 4.2 mi
  • Sydney Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Stafford Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Bumping River Falls: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 27
Picnic sites: 9
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Corral Pass Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
  • White Pass Day Use: 15.8 mi
  • Clear Lake Day Use Area: 18.7 mi
Springs: 8
  • Log Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Soda Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Clover Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Bum Springs: 15.4 mi
  • Iron Mike Springs: 17.6 mi
Parks: 5
  • Pyramid Creek SnoPark: 17.2 mi
  • Salmon Falls Interpretive Site: 19.1 mi
  • Boulder Cave Day Use Area: 19.7 mi
  • Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 19.8 mi
  • Jim Sprick Community Park: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
Attractions: 3
  • Big Cedar: 7.9 mi
  • The Trident: 11.5 mi
  • Coffee Cup: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Tahtlum Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little TahomaW 265°3,395 m11.1 mi
Whitman CrestW 264°2,841 m10.0 mi
K SpireW 268°2,708 m10.5 mi
Mount RuthW 274°2,635 m11.3 mi
Main Cowlitz ChimneyW 260°2,318 m6.3 mi
Nelson RidgeESE 118°2,284.45 m10.7 mi
Central Cowlitz ChimneyW 263°2,265 m6.4 mi
Cowlitz RocksWSW 252°2,263 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1220:1721:05
September equinox06:5418:2519:05
December solstice07:4915:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292830334145535449403227
Precip in17.212.913.28.35.13.81.41.64.411.318.218.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rainier Paradise RS, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6721698926

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