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Silver Star Mountain · 2,670 m · 5.6 km ENE
Pass · Washington

Washington pass

1,666 m5,466 ft
Tonight
25°FPartly cloudy · Wind 1–6 mph W

Washington pass is a mountain pass at 1,666 m in Washington, United States.

All facts
Saddle
1,666 m
Lowest point
1,401 m / 1,635 m
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Pass

Washington pass: the climb from each side

Saddle 1,666 mnortheast side 1,401 m+265 m · 1.2 kmsouthwest side 1,635 m+31 m · 2.5 km

Crossed by: SR 20 North Cascades Highway, SR 20 Highway 20

Distances are straight lines from the saddle to the lowest ground on each side; the road is longer.

3D map

Washington pass 3D map

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Topographic map

Washington pass terrain and contours

50 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 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Washington pass elevation profile

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Weather

Washington pass weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 25°F (-4°C) · 1% chance of precipitation · Wind 1–6 mph W

Washington pass forecast for about 1,712 m.

  • Tonight25°1%1–6 mph W
  • Sat28°39°31%5 mph S
  • Sun30°37°31%5–8 mph E
  • Mon31°41°21%3 mph NW
  • Tue28°40°32%6 mph W
  • Wed25°38°28%6 mph N
  • Thu25°39°15%5 mph NE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:52 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Washington pass

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

  • Nearest parking

    Washington Pass Observation Site

    0.5 km NE · +2 more within 1.5 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest trailhead

    Blue Lake Trailhead

    1.5 km WSW · +2 more within 5.1 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Cutthroat Pass

    4.9 km NW · +2 more within 5.9 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest hut

    Sulphide–Frisco Cabin

    6.4 km SW

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 10
PlaceDistance
Washington Pass Observation SiteParking0.5 km NE
Blue Lake TrailheadTrailhead1.5 km WSW
Parking1.5 km WSW
Parking1.5 km WSW
Cutthroat TrailheadTrailhead3.7 km N
Cutthroat PassCampsite4.9 km NW
Bridge Creek TrailheadTrailhead5.1 km WSW
Porcupine CreekCampsite5.1 km NW
Dagger Lake StockCampsite5.9 km S
Sulphide–Frisco CabinHut6.4 km SW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 8 × 8 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°
38.3%
Steep, 30–45°
34.2%
Cliffs, 45° and over
11.4%
Steeper than 30°
45.6% of the 64 km² view
Relief in view
1,321 m low point 1,201 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 51.9%Bare rock / sparse 22.3%Moss & lichen 14.1%Grassland 11.3%

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

Nearby summits

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 4 km of Washington pass.

NESW2 km5 km123456
Summit list 6
  1. 1Liberty Bell Mountain2,341 m 0.9 km SSW
  2. 2Lexington Tower2,304 m 1.0 km SSW
  3. 3North Early Winters Spire2,365 m 1.2 km S
  4. 4Early Winters Spires2,380 m 1.2 km S
  5. 5Big Kangaroo2,538 m 2.7 km E
  6. 6Cutthroat Peak2,454 m 3.7 km W
Where it sits

Where Washington pass sits

Range
American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Pacific Coast Ranges119Cascade Range35North Cascades9
Region
Washington57United States932North America1,313
Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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Sources

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)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Summits
© OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
Protected area
USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
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