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Chief Shakes Hot Springs

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Elevation, modelled
26 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Kates Needle3,053 m · 22.5 mi
Nearest byway
Alaska's Marine Highway22.1 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
22:45local time
Coordinates
56.7197, -132.0160
Chief Shakes Hot Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Chief Shakes Hot Springs is a spring in Alaska, at a modelled 26 m. Kates Needle stands 3,053 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Shakes Hot Springs Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 22 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chief Shakes Hot Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kates NeedleN 357°3,053 m22.5 mi
Mount PrattNNW 346°2,400 m16.8 mi
Castle MountainNNW 339°2,107 m11.4 mi
Twin PeaksNW 315°2,087 m22.0 mi
Mount FawcettESE 119°1,844 m23.7 mi
House PeakNW 306°1,829 m24.8 mi
Mount TofuNW 314°1,764 m15.2 mi
Black CragSE 136°1,711 m16.6 mi

38 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
Parks: 2
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:1220:02
June solstice04:5621:3822:45
September equinox07:3418:5919:49
December solstice10:2415:4617:10

Local time (America/Vancouver).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333437435155585853453834

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrangell AP, 22 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Sep — fullest in Jun, leanest in Feb.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs11,1659,1609,63917,47472,056135,031130,600106,18081,07655,50124,64414,403

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Stikine R NR Wrangell AK, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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