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Thompson Pass
- Tonight
- 20°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5 mph S
Thompson Pass is a mountain pass at 797 m in Alaska, United States.
All facts
- Saddle
- 797 m
- Lowest point
- 203 m / 704 m
Thompson Pass: the climb from each side
Crossed by: AK 4 Richardson Highway
Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.
Thompson Pass 3D map
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Thompson Pass 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.
Thompson Pass elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Thompson Pass weather
Today · Fair · 20 / 26°F (-7 / -3°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 5 mph SE
Thompson Pass forecast for about 853 m.
- Today20°26°1%5 mph SE
- Sat28°28°67%5 mph SW
- Sun27°32°73%5 mph S
- Mon28°32°73%5 mph NW
- Tue27°34°4%10–15 mph NE
- Wed27°34°17%5–10 mph N
- Thu29°32°39%5 mph NE
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:30 UTC.
Camping & parking near Thompson Pass
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Thompson Pass, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Thompson Pass Viewpoint Parking
Nearest campsite
Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site
All mapped places 4
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Thompson Pass Viewpoint ParkingParking | 0.4 km SSE |
| Thompson Pass ParkingParking | 0.5 km NW |
| Parking | 0.7 km SE |
| Blueberry Lake State Recreation SiteCampsite | 2.1 km ESE |
Slope
Share of the 8 × 8 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 21.0% of the 64 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,767 m low point 160 m
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.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4 km; 157 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Alpine azalea20
- Woolly cranesbill17
- Dwarf Fireweed15
- Arctic Starflower15
- Partridgefoot14
- Alaskan pincushion plant14
Where Thompson Pass sits
- Region
- Alaska30United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Eklutna Lake↑179 km W
Hatcher Pass1,148 m↑205 km WNW
Exit Glacier↑239 km WSW
Aialik Glacier↑254 km WSW
Holgate Glacier↑265 km WSW
More in the Pacific Coast Ranges 6
Thompson Pass downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-29)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- 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 · Wikipedia