Mountain in Washington (state), United States
Green Mountain is a 1,700-foot (520 m) summit[ 1] in the Blue Hills on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington state , in the United States' Pacific Northwest . It is the second highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula and in Kitsap County, Washington , after 1,761-foot (537 m) Gold Mountain .[ 3] [ 4]
It lies within the boundaries of the 6,000-acre (2,400 ha) Green Mountain State Forest, which is adjacent to the City of Bremerton watershed , about seven miles (11 km) west of downtown Bremerton.[ 5] [ 6] There is a forest road, open to motorized traffic, to the summit, where there is a picnic area with vistas of Seattle and the Cascade Mountains to the east, and the Olympic Mountains to the west.[ 4] [ 7] [ 8]
As of 2014[update] , there is a single microwave tower on the mountain.[ 9]
References
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Wildcat Lake quadrangle , United States Geological Survey , 1953
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"Green Mountain" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2014-10-12 .
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"Kitsap county". Lakes of Washington, Volume 1: Water Supply Bulletin 14 (PDF) . Washington State Department of Ecology. 1973. p. 203.
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Weber, Andrew; Stevens, Bryce (2010). 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Seattle: Including Bellevue, Everett, and Tacoma . Menasha Ridge Press. p. 176. ISBN 9780897328128 .
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"Green Mountain State Forest trail system map" (PDF) . Washington Department of Natural Resources. 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-17 .
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"Bremerton city limits map" . City of Bremerton Public Records & Information Center. Archived from the original on 2014-10-11. Retrieved 2014-09-28 .
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The Mountaineers Tacoma Branch Hiking/Backpacking Committee (February 18, 2011), "Hike of the week: Green Mountain State Forest Gold Creek Trailhead" , The Olympian
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Romano, Craig (2007). Day Hiking Olympic Peninsula: National Park/Coastal Beaches/Southwest Washington . The Mountaineers Books . p. 99. ISBN 9781594850479 .
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"Tower registration 1033081" . Antenna site registration database . Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved 2014-10-12 .
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