page_title: Mount Deception (Washington)
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Deception (Washington) / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Mount Deception. Sunrise at Marmot Pass, looking west towards Olympic National Park, Buckhorn Wilderness on the Olympic National Forest
context_page_description: Mount Deception is a peak in the Olympic Mountains of Cascadia. It is in Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington.
context_section_description: At 7,788 feet (2,374 m) high Mount Deception is the second highest peak of the Olympic Mountains, after Mount Olympus. It is the highest peak of the eastern Olympics. Mount Deception's prominence is 4,108 feet (1,252 m), making it the 17th most prominent peak in Washington. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Olympus at 21.79 mi (35.07 km) to the west.
  Mount Deception is located in the northeast portion of the Olympics Mountains just northeast of Mount Mystery between Deception Creek and Royal Creek. The region is known as Royal Basin and includes the upper reaches of Royal Creek. Mount Deception lies at the head of Royal Basin. This location puts it in the rain shadow of the Olympics, resulting in far less precipitation than Mount Olympus and the western Olympics receive. Although Mount Deception is the highest peak in the eastern Olympics, it is not visible from Seattle.
  Radiating northward from the shoulders of Mount Deception are Gilhooley Tower, The Needles, Mount Clark (7,528 ft or 2,295 m), Mount Walkinshaw (7,378 ft or 2,249 m), and the northeasterly running spur known as Gray Wolf Ridge. To the east and south are Mount Fricaba, Hal Foss Peak, Mount Mystery, and Little Mystery. Two small glaciers hug the mountain's north-facing basalt slopes.
  Mount Deception sits on the boundary between the drainage basins of the Dungeness River, to the north, and the Dosewallips River, to the south and east. Deception Creek, a tributary of the Dosewallips River, drains the southern slope of Mount Deception. Gray Wolf Pass is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Mount Deception. The pass connects the Dungeness and Dosewallips drainage basins.
caption: Sunrise on Mount Deception as seen from Marmot Pass
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