Dodger Point is a mountain

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located within Olympic National Park in Jefferson County of

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state.

Description

Dodger Point is part of the Bailey Range, which is a subrange of the

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, and is set within the

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. In clear weather, the mountain can be seen from the park's visitor center on Hurricane Ridge. The nearest higher neighbor is

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Ludden Peak, two miles to the southwest, Mount Scott rises to the south-southwest, and Stephen Peak is set four miles to the west. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains into tributaries of the

Elwha River The Elwha River is a river on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. From its source at Elwha snowfinger in the Olympic Mountains, it flows generally north to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Most of the river's cou ...

. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 4,300 feet (1,310 m) above the Elwha Valley in approximately 1.5 mile. The

Grand Canyon of the Elwha The Grand Canyon of the Elwha is a deep canyon on the Elwha River located below Dodger Point approximately upstream from the now-drained Lake Mills (Washington), Lake Mills in Washington, United States. It can be reached approximately from the W ...

lies near the north base of the mountain.

Etymology

This landform was named by Forest Service District Ranger Sanford Maurice Floe (1896–1975) to honor fellow forest service employee, William Bryan "Dodger" Bender (1896–1930). Bender reportedly discovered an illegal

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still in the national forest and was stabbed by the moonshiner, then died a few years later due to complications of losing a lung from the knife attack. He was buried at Ocean View Cemetery in Port Angeles, Washington.

Dodger Point Fire Lookout

The

Dodger Point Fire Lookout The Dodger Point Fire Lookout was built in 1933 in Olympic National Park as a fire observation station. The single-story frame structure is located on the peak of Dodger Point above the timber line at an elevation of . Measuring by , it is cla ...

was built atop the mountain in 1933.National Park Service, (1984) ''Historic Building Inventory 1983''
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, the lookout was used as an Aircraft Warning Service station in 1942–43. The Dodger Point and Pyramid Peak Lookouts are the only stations remaining in Olympic National Park of the thirteen that were constructed.

Climate

Based on the

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, Dodger Point is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western

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. Most weather fronts originate in the

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, and travel east toward the

. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Olympic Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall ( Orographic lift). As a result, the Olympics experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months. During winter months, weather is usually cloudy, but, due to high pressure systems over the Pacific Ocean that intensify during summer months, there is often little or no cloud cover during the summer. The months July through September offer the most favorable weather for viewing and climbing.

Gallery

File:Mount Dana Olympic National Park.jpg, Mt. Dana centered with Dodger Point to the right File:Elwha valley clouds.jpg, Clouds in Elwha Valley, with Dodger Point far right File:Hurricane Ridge - Dodger Point.jpg, Dodger Point centered, from Hurricane Ridge

References

External links

* * Weather forecast
Dodger Point

NGS Data Sheet
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Mount Fairchild Mount Fairchild, also known as Mount William Fairchild, is a glaciated mountain summit located within Olympic National Park in Clallam County of Washington state. Mt. Fairchild is the second-highest peak in the Bailey Range, which is a subran ...

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