Striped Peak
Overview
Port Angeles, Washington
Port Angeles is a city in and the county seat of Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 19,038 at the 2010 census. The area's harbor was dubbed Puerto de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles by Spanish explorer Francisco de Eliza in 1791, but by the mid-19th century the name had...
. It is located directly off the Strait of Juan de Fuca
Strait of Juan de Fuca
The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a large body of water about long that is the Salish Sea outlet to the Pacific Ocean...
and rises to 1166 feet (355.4 m). The mountain used to be part of Camp Hayden
Camp Hayden
Named for General John L. Hayden, former commanding officer of Puget Sound harbor defenses, the Camp Hayden military reservation at Tongue Point was part of the modernization of those harbor defenses begun in 1940 with anti-motor torpedo boats, seacoast armament and anti-aircraft installations.To...
, there are still accessible bunkers located on the mountain. To the east is located Freshwater Bay
Freshwater Bay (Washington)
Freshwater Bay is a bay upon the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula, west of Port Angeles off State Route 112 and north on Freshwater Bay Road. It is just east of Striped Peak. The bay has water access via a small boat ramp, although launching is only...
and to the west Crescent Bay
Crescent Bay
Crescent Bay is a cove in the northeast side of Duke of York Island in Robertson Bay, northern Victoria Land. Charted and so named because of its shape by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink. The feature is the site of an Adelie penguin rookery....
. Also located to west is the Salt Creek Recreation Area
Salt Creek Recreation Area
Salt Creek Recreation Area is a park located about 15 miles west of Port Angeles, Washington. The park is located on what once was Camp Hayden, a World War II military camp. The park now has a number of camping spots, plus a recreation area with a baseball field, basketball court, playground and...
and Tongue Point
Tongue Point
Tongue Point is an area of the Salt Creek Recreation Area, in Washington, United States. The point is a rock out cropping that extends into the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This outcropping is visible during low tide. At low tide it is accessible on foot. One can observe many species of marine life,...
.
Striped Peak was named in 1846 by the British naval surveyor Henry Kellett
Henry Kellett
Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett KCB was a British naval officer and explorer.-Naval career:Kellett joined the Royal Navy in 1822...
due to a "landslip occurring down its face" (no longer visible).
Striped Peak has a variety of trails and roads that one can use to access points on the mountain.
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