Mount Townsend (6,260') is located in the Buckhorn Wilderness on the NE side of the Olympic Peninsula. This prominent summit offers panoramic views across the Cascades, Puget Sound, Mount Rainier, Olympic Mountains, Vancouver Island, Dungeness Spit and downtown Seattle.

The Mount Townsend Trail climbs 3,010' in just 4 miles to the summit

Looking east towards the Cascades from the summit of Mount Townsend

Views atop Mount Townsend rival any in the Olympics

There are 27 major glaciers on Mount Rainier (14,409')

The last mile of the Mount Townsend Trail is entirely exposed to the elements

Alpine tundra encases the bare summit of Mount Townsend (6,260')

The summit trail carves a path through the tundra directly to the top of Mt Townsend