Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest: Nature
Places and attractions in the Nature category
Keechelus Lake
Keechelus Lake is a lake and reservoir in the northwest United States, near Hyak in Kittitas County, Washington. Approximately fifty miles southeast of Seattle and a few miles southeast of Snoqualmie Pass, it is the source of the Yakima River.
Liberty Bell Mountain
Liberty Bell Mountain is located in the North Cascades, approximately one mile south of Washington Pass on the North Cascades Highway.
Goat Peak
Goat Peak is a 7,001-foot peak in the North Cascades of Washington, United States. The summit offers broad views of the Methow River valley, as well as many of the other prominent cascade peaks including glaciated Silver Star Mountain.
Silver Star Mountain
Silver Star Mountain is an 8,876-foot mountain located in Okanogan County, Washington. The mountain is part of the Methow Mountains, a subset of the Cascade Range.
Mount Catherine
Mount Catherine is a mountain peak in the Cascade Range in Washington state located near Snoqualmie Pass and Keechelus Lake. It is accessible via Forest Road 9070 except in winter.
Cle Elum Lake
Cle Elum Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Cle Elum River, in Washington state USA. At the site of the future city of Cle Elum, Washington, a Northern Pacific Railway station was named Clealum after the Kittitas name Tle-el-Lum, meaning "swift water", referring to the Cle Elum River.
Washington Pass
Washington Pass and Rainy Pass are two mountain passes on State Route 20 in the North Cascades mountains of Washington state. Rainy Pass is about 4 miles to the west of Washington Pass.
Kachess Lake
Kachess Lake is a lake and reservoir along the course of the Kachess River in Washington state, US. The upper part of the lake, north of a narrows, is called Little Kachess Lake.
Cardinal Peak
Cardinal Peak is the highest peak of the Chelan Mountains, a subrange of the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Washington. It is located in Wenatchee National Forest at the head of the Entiat River drainage basin, in Chelan County.
Crawfish Lake
Crawfish Lake is a small lake located 15 miles northeast of Omak, Washington. The lake has a surface area of 80 acres and is located at 4,475 ft above sea level.
North Gardner Mountain
North Gardner Mountain is a mountain in the North Cascades of Washington state. The mountain is located in the Okanogan–Wenatchee National Forest and is the highest point in Okanogan County, Washington, and the 23rd highest mountain in the state.
Maple Mountain
Maple Mountain is a mountain located in Okanogan County in the U.S. state of Washington. With an elevation of 5,280+ ft, its nearest neighbors are Storm King Mountain 2.1 miles east, and Clackamas Mountain 2.6 miles to the west.
Red Mountain
Red Mountain is a 5,880+ -foot mountain in the Cascade Range, Washington.
Lewis Glacier
Lewis Glacier is in Wenatchee National Forest in the U.S. state of Washington and is 1 mi southeast of Black Peak. Lewis Glacier is located on the north flank of Corteo Peak just east of the border of North Cascades National Park and has a pronounced terminal moraine now well below the current terminus of the glacier.
Lyall Glacier
Lyall Glacier is within the Wenatchee National Forest in Chelan County, Washington, United States, and is just southeast of Frisco Mountain. It occupies the north cirque on Rainy Peak. Melt from Lyall Glacier contributes to waterfalls which tumble 1,000 ft into Rainy Lake.
Rainy Lake Falls
Rainy Lake Falls is a waterfall on the inlet stream of namesake Rainy Lake in Chelan County, Washington. The stream heads in a pair of small lakes and the remaining portions of the Lyall Glacier, and flows down a cascade that is said to be approximately 850 feet high.
Primus Peak
Primus Peak is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Primus Peak is flanked by North Klawatti Glacier to the south and Borealis Glacier to the northeast. Tricouni Peak is situated immediately east of Primus Peak.
Dirtyface Peak
Dirtyface Peak is a prominent mountain summit located immediately northwest of Lake Wenatchee in Chelan County, Washington of the United States. With an elevation of 6,243 feet, Dirtyface Peak is the 728th highest summit in the state of Washington. It is a 9.5 mile scramble with 4,300 ft of gain.
Big Kangaroo
Big Kangaroo is an 8,280+ ft granitic mountain located in Okanogan County, Washington. The mountain is part of the Methow Mountains in the Cascade Range. Big Kangaroo is the high point of Kangaroo Ridge which is about two miles east and within view of Washington Pass. Its nearest higher peak is Snagtooth Ridge, 1.7 mi to the northeast.
Klawatti Peak
Klawatti Peak is located in North Cascades National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. Klawatti Peak is a nunatak, a peak surrounded by glaciers.
Graybeard Peak
Graybeard Peak is a 7,965-foot mountain summit located in Skagit County, Washington. The mountain is part of the North Cascades Range.
Rimrock Lake
Rimrock Lake is a lake along the course of the Tieton River, in Yakima County, Washington state, US. The lake is used as a storage reservoir for the Yakima Project, an irrigation project run by the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
Stuart Range
The Stuart Range is a mountain range in central Washington, United States. The range lies within the eastern extent of the Cascade Range immediately southwest of Leavenworth and runs east–west. The western peaks make up a single sharp ridge.
Entiat Mountains
The Entiat Mountains, or Entiat Range is a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located west of the Columbia River, north of the Wenatchee River, and south of the Entiat River, the range is part of the North Cascades section of the Cascade Range.
Chelan National Forest
Chelan National Forest was established in Washington by the U.S. Forest Service on July 1, 1908 with 2,492,500 acres from a portion of Washington National Forest.
Loup Loup Pass
Loup Loup Pass is a mountain pass in the Cascades in the state of Washington. It is located east of the Methow Valley of Okanogan County, between the towns of Twisp and Okanogan on State Route 20. A small ski area is located at the pass.
Chelan Mountains
The Chelan Mountains, or Chelan Range is a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located west of the Columbia River, north of the Entiat River, and south of Lake Chelan, the range is part of the North Cascades section of the Cascade Range.
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