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Mount Washington

1,585 m5,200 ft

Prominence: 508 m1,666 ft
Isolation: 9.2 km
Tonight: -3°CLight snow · Wind 8 km/h SW

Mount Washington is a 1,585 m (5,200 ft) mountain in the Vancouver Island Ranges, British Columbia, Canada.

All facts

Elevation: 1,585 m · 5,200 ft
Nearest higher peak: Jutland Mountain (1,821 m)
Range: Vancouver Island Ranges
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates: 49.7529° N, 125.2965° W

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3D map

Mount Washington 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Washington terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Washington elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Washington weather

Today · Light snow at night · -3 / 0°C (27 / 32°F) · 2.4 mm · Wind 8 km/h SW

Mount Washington forecast for the summit, about 1,585 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 589 m.

Today-3°0°2.4 mm8 km/h SWBase 3 / 6°
Sat-4°-3°34.8 mm27 km/h SEBase 2 / 3°
Sun-4°-1°8.2 mm12 km/h SWBase 2 / 5°
Mon-3°3°2.4 mm9 km/h SWBase 3 / 9°
Tue-6°2°7.3 mm6 km/h SWBase 0 / 8°
Wed-6°-3°6.3 mm4 km/h EBase 0 / 3°
Thu-9°-2°0.5 mm3 km/h NEBase -3 / 4°
Fri-10°-3°0.2 mm5 km/h SBase -4 / 3°
Sat-4°-3°9.5 mm10 km/h SEBase 2 / 3°
Sun-2°0°22.9 mm15 km/h SEBase 4 / 6°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Washington

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

Nearest parking
1.3 km SSW
+2 more within 1.4 km
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Nearest trailhead
Paradise Meadows Trailhead
1.8 km WSW
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Nearest campsite
3.8 km SSW
+2 more within 6.9 km
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	1.3 km SSW
Parking	1.3 km SSW
Parking	1.4 km SSW
Paradise Meadows TrailheadTrailhead	1.8 km WSW
Campsite	3.8 km SSW
Croteau Lake Group CampsiteCampsite	5.7 km SSW
Kwai Lake CampsiteCampsite	6.9 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 56% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

55.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

37.3%

Steep, 30–45°

5.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 998 m low point 589 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.9%Grassland 19.2%Moss & lichen 0.5%Bare rock / sparse 0.5%

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

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 916 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Canada Jay442
Green false hellebore243
Steller's Jay239
Anna's Blue238
White-flowered Rhododendron227
Hydaspe Fritillary193

Where it sits

Where Mount Washington sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Sproat Lake57 km SSE

Mount Washington downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Washington satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-20.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,587 m at the summit; the official height is 1,585 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,585 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,587 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,578 m	-7 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using 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.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-20)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
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 MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Mount Washington

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Nearest campsite

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