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Wallace Peak

Wallace Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Wallace Peak rises to 1,686 m in Washington. Liberty Cap stands 4,297 m to the south, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chenuis Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 6.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1686 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.98256, -121.79779

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Alice Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Ipsut Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Cress Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Cress Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Cress Falls: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Mud Mountain Dam Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
  • 8th Avenue Park: 13.7 mi
  • Coke Oven Handcar Park: 14.1 mi
  • H. R. E. Nelson Park: 14.5 mi
  • Wilkeson Skate Park: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 32
Cliffs: 24
Artworks: 13
Attractions: 12
  • Coffee Cup: 5.7 mi
  • The Trident: 6.8 mi
  • Caboose: 14.3 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 14.4 mi
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Group Picnic Site 13: 12.9 mi
  • Upper Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Museums: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 12.7 mi
  • Goodwill Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Discovery Park Gardens: 21.1 mi
  • Coal Miner's Honor Garden: 24.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Iron Mike Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Bum Springs: 21.8 mi
  • Log Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Soda Springs: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Waterfront: 13.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Wallace Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty CapS 173°4,297 m8.3 mi
Steamboat ProwSSE 158°2,940 m8.3 mi
Mount RuthSSE 152°2,635 m8.3 mi
Observation RockS 184°2,508 m5.6 mi
Echo RockS 181°2,394 m5.2 mi
3rd Burroughs MountainSE 145°2,386 m6.9 mi
Needle RockS 186°2,267 m6.9 mi
2nd Burroughs MountainSE 136°2,256.1 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1320:1921:07
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5115:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394043475358636459514339
Precip in7.05.26.65.65.03.91.51.63.46.08.06.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MUD MTN DAM, 13 mi away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/348178727

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