Mount Spickard, North Cascades National Park

Name: Mount Spickard
Address: North Cascades National Park, United States

#42 among attractions in North Cascades National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Spickard is a 8,980-foot mountain peak in the North Cascades, a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located 2 miles south of the Canada–US border, it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a subrange of the Skagit Range which is part of the North Cascades. It is composed mainly of gneiss and is part of two major drainage basins: that of the Skagit River and Fraser River. ()

Alternative names: First ascent: 1904Elevation: 8980 ftProminence: 4779 ftCoordinates: 48°58'11"N, 121°14'20"W

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Mount Spickard – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Nodoubt Peak, Silver Lake, Depot Creek Falls, Depot Valley Falls.

5.3 miW
Mountain
Nodoubt Peak
137 min walk • Nodoubt Peak is a remote 7,290-foot mountain summit in the Skagit Range of the North Cascades of Washington state. Nodoubt Peak is situated in North Cascades National Park, 2.2 kilometres south of the Canada–United States border. Its nearest higher peak is Canuck Peak, 1.43 mi...
1.3 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Silver Lake, North Cascades National Park
33 min walk • Silver Lake is located in North Cascades National Park, in the U. S. state of Washington. Silver Lake is less than 1 mi north of Mount Spickard and is partially fed by melt from the Silver Glacier which is on the north slopes of Spickard.
2.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Depot Creek Falls, North Cascades National Park
55 min walk • Depot Creek Falls is a 967-foot-high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington. The falls occur where Depot Creek drops over a headwall. The creek starts off by plunging 200 feet. After that is a long slide of 767 feet to the bottom of the valley. Spray at the falls' base is immense.
2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Depot Valley Falls, North Cascades National Park
52 min walk • Depot Valley Falls is a 400-foot waterfall on the Custer Fork Depot Creek that shares the same cliff as the nearby, much larger Depot Creek Falls, both in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. It is 100 feet wide.
2.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Redoubt, North Cascades National Park
73 min walk • Mount Redoubt is a mountain in the North Cascades range in Whatcom County, Washington state. The peak is located 3.0 miles from the Canada–US border, 16.3 miles east-northeast of Mount Shuksan.
1.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Rahm, North Cascades National Park
50 min walk • Mount Rahm is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Mount Rahm is less than.25 mi south of the Canada–United States border and just north of Silver Lake, 2 mi north-northeast of Mount Spickard.
1.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mox Peaks, North Cascades National Park
45 min walk • Mox Peaks is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Located in the northern section of the park, Mox Peaks consist of several summits in close proximity to each other that are nearly the same altitude, but the highest point is the eastern peak.
2.1 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Redoubt Glacier, North Cascades National Park
53 min walk • Redoubt Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the east slopes of Mount Redoubt. Redoubt Glacier descends from the 8,400-foot point on the east slope of Mount Redoubt then has a south terminus near 7,200 ft.
~280 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Silver Glacier, North Cascades National Park
2 min walk • Silver Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington and descends to the northwest from near the summit of Mount Spickard.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Depot Glacier, North Cascades National Park
76 min walk • Depot Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the northeast slopes of Mount Redoubt. Depot Glacier descends from the 7,400 to 6,000 ft. Melt from the glacier feeds into Depot Creek which flows into Chilliwack Lake.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
West Depot Glacier, North Cascades National Park
76 min walk • West Depot Glacier is in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington, on the north slopes of Mount Redoubt. Depot Glacier descends from 7,400 to 5,900 ft. Melt from the glacier feeds into Depot Creek which flows into Chilliwack Lake. A ridge separates West Depot Glacier from Depot Glacier to the east.