Elevation: 5,220 feet
State: Washington State
County: Kittitas County
In area: Teanaway
USGS quad: Teanaway Butte
UTM: 10T 657074E 5247183N (NAD27)
Trip Reports and References
- Book: Teanaway Country: A Hiking and Scrambling Guide to Washington's Central Cascades
- Book: Seattle Outdoors: Hiking & Cycling-Puget Sound and Cascades
- yellowleaf.org: Goldwater Peak loop
Name origin
"The Mountaineers blandly call this summit Johnson Mtn, an overused term in Washington, after the creek that drains to the north. But with staunch Republican Mike Bialos along, an alternative name seemed in order. For years, whenever Buff relieves himself in the woods, he proudly announces, "There's another vote for 'Goldwater.' Someday he's going to beat LBJ, when all the mountain precinct votes are counted." Johnson, as you may recall, thoroughly trounced Goldwater in the '64 presidental election. So instead of Johnson, this peak became Goldwater to us, as Buff marked his way to the top." - From John Roper's May 8, 1999 trip report on The Northwest Peakbaggers Asylum.Maps
- Online USGS map of Goldwater Peak: Google Maps
- USGS quad: Teanaway Butte
In These Peak Lists
- #88 in the The Back Court: Tallest 100 peaks in east Alpine Lakes with 400' of prominence list
- #10 in the The Mountaineer's Teanaway Second Ten list
- #32 in the Teanaway drainage peaks list
Nearby Peaks
- Malcolm Mountain (5,480'+)
- Teanaway Butte (4,760'+)
- Koppen Mountain (6,031')
- Iron Peak (6,510')
- Humerus Hill (5,920'+)
- Yellow Hill (5,527')
- Judi Peak (6,560'+)
- Mary Peak (6,680'+)
- Gene's Peak (6,779')
- Elbow Peak (5,720'+)
- Bill's Peak (6,917')
- Jolly Mountain (6,443')
- Bean Peak (6,743')
- Earl Peak (7,036')
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