Hanging Glacier, Olympic National Park

#63 among attractions in Olympic National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature

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Hanging Glacier is a located northeast of Mount Anderson in the Olympic Mountains and Olympic National Park, U.S. state of Washington. The glacier starts north of a saddle between Mount Anderson and East Peak at about 5,700 feet. Like all the glaciers in Olympic National Park, Hanging Glacier is in a state of retreat. ()

Length: 1056 ftCoordinates: 47°43'54"N, 123°19'26"W

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Hanging Glacier – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Mystery, Mount Claywood, Mount Anderson, Mount La Crosse.

6.5 miNE
Mountain
Mount Mystery, Buckhorn Wilderness
166 min walk • Mount Mystery is a prominent 7,639-foot mountain summit located in the Olympic Mountains in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is located within Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula.
5.2 miNW
Mountain
Mount Claywood, Olympic National Park
133 min walk • Mount Claywood is a 6,836-foot mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is situated at the head of Lost River, and 15 mi east of Mount Olympus. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Cameron, 2.4 mi to the northeast.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Anderson, Olympic National Park
21 min walk • Mount Anderson is a 7,330-foot-high peak in the Olympic Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Rising in the center of Olympic National Park in Washington state, it is the second highest peak on the Anderson Massif, after West Peak.
3.3 miS
Mountain
Mount La Crosse, Olympic National Park
84 min walk • Mount La Crosse, is a 6,417-foot mountain summit in the Olympic Mountains and is located in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is situated in Olympic National Park and its nearest higher peak is Mount Elk Lick, 2.54 mi to the east. The Anderson massif lies 2.67 mi to the...
3.1 miE
Mountain
Piro's Spire, Olympic National Park
79 min walk • Piro's Spire, is a 6,259-foot basalt pinnacle summit in the Olympic Mountains and is located in Jefferson County of Washington state. It is situated in Olympic National Park and its nearest higher peak is Diamond Mountain, 1.86 miles to the west.
0.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Eel Glacier, Olympic National Park
20 min walk • Eel Glacier is located to the north of Mount Anderson and east of West Peak, in Olympic National Park in the U.S. state of Washington. The northward-facing glacier starts at about 6,600 feet in elevation, with an arm extending up to 7,100 ft. As the glacier flows north, it descends in elevation to about 5,200 ft at its terminus.
5.2 miN
Mountain pass, Nature
Lost Pass, Olympic National Park
134 min walk • Lost Pass is a mountain pass crossed by hiking trail in the Olympic Mountains of the state of Washington. It is located on a high ridgeline that separates headwaters of the Dosewallips River from those of the Lost River, just to the west of Lost Peak in the Olympic National Park.