White Mountain
White Mountain rises to 1,939 m in Washington. Mount Deception stands 2,369 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount LaCrosse, a peak 1.0 miles away.
The story
White Mountain is a 6,378-foot (1,944-metre) mountain summit located in the Olympic Mountains, in Jefferson County of Washington state. Situated in Olympic National Park, its nearest higher neighbor is Mount LaCrosse, 0.95 mi (1.53 km) to the northeast, and an unnamed glacier lies in the north cirque between the two peaks. The Anderson massif lies 3.1 mi (5.0 km) to the north of White Mountain. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Quinault River and Duckabush River.
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Wikidata Q49089419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,939 m
How to reach it
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 21 mi
- South Point · 21 mi
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount LaCrosse: 1.0 mi
- Mount Steel: 2.6 mi
- Mount Anderson: 3.1 mi
- Mount Duckabush: 3.3 mi
- West Peak: 3.4 mi
- Division 2 Boat Launch: 13.4 mi
- Division 3 Park: 13.8 mi
- Old Camp Melbourn: 15.4 mi
- Division 1 Park: 15.9 mi
- Pleasant Harbor State Park: 19.3 mi
- Whitehorse Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hamma Hamma Falls: 7.7 mi
- Ross Falls: 8.1 mi
- Murhut Falls: 12.9 mi
- Service Falls: 16.4 mi
- Skokomish Park Lake Cushman - Day Use Area: 15.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 21.9 mi
- Mystery Beach: 22.0 mi
- Lilly's Pad: 22.3 mi
- Little Ireland Beach: 22.9 mi
- Nine Inch Spike: 9.2 mi
- B-17 Crash Site: 16.6 mi
- Camp 3: 22.0 mi
- Camp Govey: 23.4 mi
- Staircase Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 11.9 mi
- Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- Lilliwaup Tidelands State Park: 18.1 mi
- Quilcene Bay WDFW Tidelands: 23.2 mi
- Elk Lick Springs: 3.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Quilcene Historical Museum: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of White Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | NNE 25° | 2,369 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Constance | NE 54° | 2,364 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Johnson | NNE 21° | 2,341 m | 11.6 mi |
| Inner Constance | NE 53° | 2,338 m | 10.6 mi |
| Martin Peak | NNE 23° | 2,328 m | 11.2 mi |
| Sweat Spire | NNE 21° | 2,304 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Mystery | NNE 31° | 2,298 m | 9.6 mi |
| Gasp Pinnancle | NNE 21° | 2,292 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:45 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:27 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:31 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 41 | 45 | 49 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 43 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quilcene 2 SW, 21 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Olympic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1528068 — White Mountain, Jefferson County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/348996637
Day trips start here
- Olympic Peninsula · 16 mi
- Seabeck · 23 mi
- Olympic National Park · 24 mi
- Tahuya · 25 mi
- Union · 25 mi
- Kitsap Peninsula · 27 mi
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