Mount Cameron is a 7,190-foot-elevation (2,192-meter) triple-summit mountain located within Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of Washington state. Mount Cameron is situated 21 miles southwest of Sequim, and set within the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness. Topographic relief is significant as the southeast aspect rises over 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) above the Dosewallips River in approximately one mile. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains south into the Dosewallips River, north to the Gray Wolf River via Cameron Creek, and west into headwaters of Lost River. Neighbors include line parent Mount Deception, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the east, and proximate parent Mount Johnson, 4.5 mi (7.2 km) to the east.[2]
| Mount Cameron | |
|---|---|
.jpg) North aspect of Mt. Cameron | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 7,190 ft (2,192 m)[1] |
| Prominence | 990 ft (302 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Johnson (7,680 ft)[2] |
| Isolation | 4.52 mi (7.27 km)[2] |
| Coordinates | 47°49′31″N 123°19′42″W / 47.8253625°N 123.3284517°W[3] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Cameron Location of Mount Cameron in Washington  Mount Cameron Mount Cameron (the United States) | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| County | Jefferson |
| Protected area | Olympic National Park |
| Parent range | Olympic Mountains |
| Topo map | USGS Wellesley Peak |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Eocene |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | class 2 scrambling[1] |
Etymology edit
This landform's toponym was officially adopted in 1969 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[3] This mountain, Cameron Pass, Cameron Glaciers, Cameron Creek, and Cameron Basin are named after Amos Benson Cameron (1872–1951), an early settler of this area who homesteaded for 41 years in the Deer Park area with his wife and 14 children.[4] He pioneered the first trail into Cameron Basin.
Climate edit
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Cameron is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.[5] Weather fronts originating in the Pacific Ocean travel northeast toward the Olympic Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks (orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snow. As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall.[6] Because of maritime influence, snow tends to be wet and heavy, resulting in avalanche danger. During winter months weather is usually cloudy, but due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer.[6] The months June through September offer the most favorable weather for viewing or climbing this mountain.[1]
Geology edit
The Olympic Mountains are composed of obducted clastic wedge material and oceanic crust, primarily Eocene sandstone, turbidite, and basaltic oceanic crust.[7] The mountains were sculpted during the Pleistocene era by erosion and glaciers advancing and retreating multiple times.
Gallery edit
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North aspect of Mount Cameron -
North aspect of Mount Cameron centered at top,
as viewed from Elk Mountain -
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d Mount Cameron, climbersguideolympics.com
- ^ a b c "Cameron, Mount - 7,190' WA". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ a b "Mount Cameron". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
- ^ Parratt, Smitty (1984). Gods and Goblins: A Field Guide to Place Names of Olympic National Park (1st ed.).
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ a b McNulty, Tim (2009). Olympic National Park: A Natural History. Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Press.
- ^ Alt, D.D.; Hyndman, D.W. (1984). Roadside Geology of Washington. pp. 249–259. ISBN 0-87842-160-2.
External links edit
- "Olympic National Park". National Park Service.
- Weather forecast: Mount Cameron
- Amos B. Cameron: biography