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Glacier Peak

3,213 m10,541 ft

Prominence: 2,285 m7,498 ft
Isolation: 90 km
Tonight: 20°FPartly cloudy · Wind 7 mph WNW

Glacier Peak is a 3,213 m (10,541 ft) mountain in the North Cascades, Washington, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,213 m · 10,541 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mount Baker (3,286 m)
Range: North Cascades
Region: Washington, United States
Protected area: Mt. Baker National Forest
Coordinates: 48.1116° N, 121.1130° W

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3D map

Glacier Peak 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.2 × 13.2 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Glacier Peak terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Glacier Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Glacier Peak weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 20°F (-7°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph WNW

Glacier Peak forecast for the summit, about 2,900 m.

Tonight20°1%7 mph WNW
Sat25°30°36%2–9 mph SW
Sun24°28°36%6–26 mph ESE
Mon26°31°34%1–17 mph NW
Tue23°28°43%2–8 mph WNW
Wed20°28°28%2–10 mph WNW
Thu20°30°15%1–15 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:26 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Glacier Peak

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Glacier Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Glacier Gap Camp
3.9 km S · +2 more within 6.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Glacier Gap CampCampsite	3.9 km S
Campsite	4.2 km S
Campsite	6.0 km S

Slope

Share of the 13.2 × 13.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

16.1%

Moderate, 15–30°

36.1%

Steep, 30–45°

37.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

9.8%

Steeper than 30°: 47.7% of the 174 km² view
Relief in view: 2,298 m low point 916 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 43.4%Snow & ice 21.7%Bare rock / sparse 16.4%Grassland 14.7%Moss & lichen 3.4%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 6.6 km, measured from the Glacier Peak summit.

Summit list 8

1Disappointment Peak2,970 m 0.7 km S
2Sitkum Spire2,851 m 0.9 km W
3Kennedy Peak2,518 m 2.4 km NNW
4Glacier Gap Peak2,359 m 3.4 km S
5Baekos Peak2,295 m 4.2 km SSW
6Point 78292,386 m 4.7 km S
7Kololo Peak-West2,485 m 5.4 km SSE
8Kololo Peak-East2,499 m 5.5 km SSE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 180 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Silky Phacelia13
Hoary Marmot11
Dwarf Fireweed10
Lewis' monkeyflower10
Alpine sorrel8
Pinesap7

Where it sits

Where Glacier Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Diablo Lake366 m67 km N

Glacier Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGGlacier Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-18.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,214 m at the summit; the official height is 3,213 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,213 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	3,214 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,214 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,209 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,201 m	-12 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-18)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Glacier Peak

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources