Gold Mountain, Mountain summit in Kitsap County, United States.
Gold Mountain is the highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula, rising to 1,761 feet (537 meters) above the surrounding forest. From the summit, you can see Hood Canal and the Olympic Mountains stretching across the horizon, along with expanses of dense woodland characteristic of the region.
Since 1981 the Western Washington Repeater Association has operated an amateur radio repeater, call sign WW7RA, on the summit, with coverage across the Puget Sound region from Centralia to Bellingham. The summit also carries an antenna farm serving Kitsap Peninsula emergency services and Seattle stations KCPQ (Fox 13), KTBW and KYFQ.
Gold Mountain lies partly in the 6,000-acre Green Mountain State Forest, open to hikers, horses, and on- and off-road vehicles. The rest is private land or the City of Bremerton watershed, closed to the public. The summit sits in a small exclave of the state forest connected at a corner.
Access requires a Discover Pass and you can reach the Gold Creek Trailhead by driving from Seabeck Highway to Tahuya Lake Road. The trails are well-maintained and clearly marked, making navigation straightforward.
Since 1981 the Western Washington Repeater Association has run an amateur radio repeater, call sign WW7RA, from the summit, reaching from Centralia to Bellingham. A Continuously Operating Reference Station for GPS-based geodesy sits at the KTBW transmitter site. The summit is a quarter-quarter-section exclave of the state forest, joined at a corner.
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