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Mount Adams
- Easiest route
- 13.1 km+2,115 m · about 7 h · T5
- Prominence
- 2,466 m8,091 ft
- Isolation
- 74 km
- Tonight
- 15°FFair · Wind 7 mph W
Mount Adams is a 3,743 m (12,280 ft) stratovolcano in the Cascade Range, Washington, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,743 m · 12,280 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Rainier (4,389 m)
- Range
- Cascade Range
- Region
- Washington, United States
- Spanish name
- Monte Adams
- Coordinates
- 46.2025° N, 121.4909° W
How to get to the top of Mount Adams
The shortest mapped route from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
From Bird Lake Trailhead (parking)
- Distance
- 13.1 kmone way
- Climb
- +2,115 m−81 m (6,939 ft up)
- Time up
- about 7 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Adams 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.8 × 13.8 km
Mount Adams terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Bird Lake Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Adams weather
Today · Clear · 15 / 24°F (-9 / -4°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 7 mph N
Mount Adams forecast for the summit, about 3,396 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,679 m.
- Today15°24°2%7 mph NBase 30 / 41°
- Sat19°27°23%2–8 mph SWBase 33 / 42°
- Sun20°24°46%3–13 mph SEBase 34 / 40°
- Mon19°23°46%1–12 mph WBase 34 / 40°
- Tue18°22°31%2–8 mph WBase 32 / 39°
- Wed16°21°36%2–10 mph NWBase 31 / 38°
- Thu16°23°15%1–12 mph SEBase 31 / 39°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:01 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Adams
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Adams, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
2.5 km SSE
Nearest parking
South Climb Trailhead
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 2.5 km SSE |
| Campsite | 2.6 km S |
| Campsite | 2.6 km SSE |
| South Climb TrailheadParking | 7.4 km S |
| Bluff Lake TrailheadParking | 7.8 km SSE |
| Bird Lake TrailheadParking | 7.9 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Mount Adams?
The easiest mapped route, 13.1 km from 1,704 m to 3,743 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°9.6 km
- 15–30°3.2 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 140 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.9 km, measured from the Mount Adams summit.
Summit list 9
- 1The Castle3,487 m 0.7 km E
- 2The Pinnacle3,683 m 0.8 km WNW
- 3Pikers Peak3,553 m 0.9 km SSE
- 4The Spearhead2,538 m 2.7 km E
- 5Suksdorf Ridge2,866 m 2.8 km SSE
- 6South Butte2,376 m 4.7 km S
- 7Goat Butte2,256 m 5.1 km E
- 8Red Butte2,171 m 5.5 km NNE
- 9Little Mount Adams2,065 m 6.7 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.9 km; 281 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Little hulsea48
- Mount Hood pussypaws47
- Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat35
- Subalpine mariposa lily35
- Mountain Bog Gentian34
- Whitebark Pine33
Where Mount Adams sits
- Region
- Washington57United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Takhlakh Lake↑12 km NW
White Pass (Washington)1,372 m↑49 km N
Spirit Lake1,039 m↑50 km W
Mount St. HelensPeak · 2,549 m↑54 km W
Swift ReservoirLake · 308 m↑57 km WSW
More in the Cascade Range 6
Mount Adams downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,742 m at the summit; the official height is 3,743 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,743 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,742 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,739 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,736 m | -7 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)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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