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Mount Watson, Washington

Prominence: 1300 ft, 396 m

Elevation: 6220 feet, 1896 meters

True Isolation: 1.94 mi, 3.13 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 6224 ft / 1897 m
Highest Summit	West Peak
Subpeaks	Mount Watson-East Peak (6180 ft/1884 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	48° 39' 20'' N, 121° 34' 36'' W 48.655625, -121.57677 (Dec Deg) 604813 E 5390152 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Washington
County/Second Level Region	Whatcom
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Watson": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Watson at SummitPost.org Mount Watson at ListsOfJohn.com Mount Watson at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Watson: Washington State Wilderness High Points (Rank #22) Mountaineers Baker's Dozen (Rank #18)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 52 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 53) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1982-08 by Bob Bolton 2005-01-03 by Eric J. Johnson 2011-08-13 by Barbara Peterson (Unsuccessful) 2014-06-29 by Ryan Parlin 2017-07-28 by Caycee Holt (Unsuccessful) 2018-07-04 by Evan Battaglia (GPS Track) 2020-07-26 by Rio H 2020-07-29 by Paul Michelson (GPS Track) 2020-07-31 by andy berget 2020-09-04 by Xiulan Hu (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Watson Elevation Ladder from Mount Watson Prominence Ladder from Mount Watson
The West Peak of Mount Watson, surveyed at 6220 feet, has been shown by local climbers to be about 40 feet higher than the East Peak, despite the 6240-foot contour on the East Peak seen on the USGS map of the mountain. So the West Peak is the highest, main summit of Mount Watson.

Mt. Watson from approach trail to upper Anderson Lakes (2019-07-25). Photo by Chris Pribbernow. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 1300 ft/396 m Optimistic Prominence: 1340 ft/408 m Key Col: 4920 ft/1500 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 1.94 mi/3.13 km Isolation Limit Point: 48.6675, -121.5383 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Bacon Peak (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: North Cascades Range5: Skagit Range Range6: Bacon-Blum-Triumph Area
Drainage Basins	Skagit Puget Sound Strait of Juan de Fuca Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Noisy-Diobsud Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Bacon Peak O48121f5 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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