- 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 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kates Needle | N 357° | 3,053 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Pratt | NNW 346° | 2,400 m | 16.8 mi |
| Castle Mountain | NNW 339° | 2,107 m | 11.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NW 315° | 2,087 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Fawcett | ESE 119° | 1,844 m | 23.7 mi |
| House Peak | NW 306° | 1,829 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Tofu | NW 314° | 1,764 m | 15.2 mi |
| Black Crag | SE 136° | 1,711 m | 16.6 mi |
- 22.1 mi off the Alaska's Marine HighwayNational
38 named places within 25 miles
- Big Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Mount Gallatin: 4.9 mi
- Mount Stinenia: 5.7 mi
- Elbow Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Mount Flemer: 7.3 mi
- Volunteer Park: 21.8 mi
- Wrangell City Park: 23.1 mi
- Chief Shakes Hot Springs Site: 0.0 mi
- Twin Lakes Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 23.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:51 | 19:12 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 04:56 | 21:38 | 22:45 |
| September equinox | 07:34 | 18:59 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 10:24 | 15:46 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Vancouver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 37 | 43 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 58 | 53 | 45 | 38 | 34 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 11,165 | 9,160 | 9,639 | 17,474 | 72,056 | 135,031 | 130,600 | 106,180 | 81,076 | 55,501 | 24,644 | 14,403 |
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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