Mount Margaret (Skamania County, Washington)

Mount Margaret
Southwest aspect, centered beyond St. Helens Lake (The Dome upper left)
Highest point
Elevation	5,850 ft (1,780 m)[1]
Prominence	400 ft (120 m)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Whittier (5,883 ft)[3]
Isolation	0.94 mi (1.51 km)[3]
Coordinates	46°18′43″N 122°08′04″W / 46.312058°N 122.134411°W / 46.312058; -122.134411[2]
Geography
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Location	Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Skamania County, Washington, U.S.
Parent range	Cascade Range
Topo map	USGS Spirit Lake West
Geology
Volcanic arc	Cascade Volcanic Arc
Climbing
Easiest route	class 1 hiking via trail[3]

Mount Margaret is a 5,850-ft (1,780 m) mountain summit located in Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in Skamania County of southwest Washington state.^[1] It is situated in the Cascade Range, 2 mi (3.2 km) north of Spirit Lake, and 2.4 mi (3.9 km) northeast of Coldwater Peak. Its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Whittier, 0.93 mi (1.50 km) to the north, and Mount St. Helens rises 8 mi (13 km) to the south.^[2] Precipitation runoff from Mount Margaret drains into Coldwater Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Toutle River. A hiking trail provides access to this mountain. This peak was named some time before 1900 by an admiring prospector for Margaret "Maggie" Shultz Layton (1877-1965), a pioneering resident of Toledo, Washington.^[4]