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Tenpeak Mountain

Tenpeak Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Tenpeak Mountain rises to 2,505 m in Washington. Glacier Peak stands 3,214 m to the west-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Neyah Point, a peak 0.5 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 20 miles off.

The story

Tenpeak Mountain is an 8,312-foot (2,533-metre) mountain summit located in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the North Cascades in Washington state. Tenpeak is situated on the crest of the Cascade Range, on the shared border of Snohomish County and Chelan County, also straddling the boundary between the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest. Its nearest higher neighbor is Luahna Peak, 2.5 mi (4.0 km) to the southeast. Topographic relief is significant since the northern aspect of the mountain rises 4,200 feet above the Suiattle Valley in approximately 1.5 mi (2.4 km). This mountain has small, unnamed, hanging glaciers in cirques surrounding the summit, and the terminus of the Honeycomb Glacier lies below the western base of the mountain. Precipitation runoff from the mountain and meltwater from the glaciers drains south into White River; or north into the Suiattle River. This mountain's descriptive name was suggested by The Mountaineers, and was officially adopted in 1918 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The first ascent was made September 21, 1940, by Lloyd Anderson and Tom Campbell.

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Wikidata Q49081943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2505 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.07715, -121.03427

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Neyah Point: 0.5 mi
  • The Hive: 1.2 mi
  • Butterfly Horn: 1.9 mi
  • Chalangin Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Luahna Peak: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • High Pass Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Louis Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Lyman Falls: 9.5 mi
  • White River Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Greenwood Falls: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Mackinaw Shelter: 8.0 mi
  • Miners Cabin (ruined): 8.6 mi
  • Ore Concentrator: 17.6 mi
  • Lodge: 17.7 mi
  • Dirtyface Lookout: 18.8 mi
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Spruce Grove Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
Parks: 1
  • White Chuck Overlook Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • The Garden: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Tenpeak Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier PeakWNW 303°3,214 m4.4 mi
Disappointment PeakWNW 298°2,970 m4.1 mi
Sitkum SpireWNW 301°2,851 m4.9 mi
Fortress MountainNE 39°2,643 m7.3 mi
Clark MountainESE 122°2,606 m3.6 mi
Buck MountainENE 79°2,599 m5.7 mi
Chiwawa MountainNE 44°2,576 m8.4 mi
Luahna PeakESE 117°2,560 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3619:17
June solstice05:0520:1921:08
September equinox06:5218:2319:04
December solstice07:5215:2016:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222632394854616153412922
Precip in7.04.64.01.81.41.20.70.81.74.48.27.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holden Village, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356546705

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