57 ° 3' 29.999" N,
135 ° 16' 0.001" W
Sitka
3058 ft (932.08 m)
Cross Mountain is just 2 miles southeast of Sitka. Once you fly into Sitka you can head south down the Sawmill Creek Road it turns into a forest service and goes along Silver Bay and out along the base of the mountain. If you boat down Silver Bay it's at towards the head of the bay.
AboutHump on the W side of Mount Verstovia, 2 mi E of Sitka on the W coast of Baranof Island, Alex. Arch.
Cross Mountain is visible from Sawmill Creek Road while it's still paved not too far out of town. It towers over Silver Bay, Indigo Lake, and Medvejie Lake.
HistoryLocal name reported in 1869 by G. Davidson, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). The name was applied in early years because it is said the Russians erected a cross here.
Naming: Cross Mountain is a local name reported in 1869 by G. Davidson, USC&GS. The name was applied in early years because it is said the Russians erected a cross on the mountain. Others say it is because snow on its northern peak makes a cross from the snow fields when viewed from the end of Silver Bay.
Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Taigud Islands,
Areas:Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,
Bars:Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Ferebee Rock, Frosty Reef, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Middle Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank,
Basins:Bays:Aleutkina Bay, Bear Cove, Birdsnest Bay, Camp Coogan Bay, Cedar Cove, Crane Cove, Crescent Bay, Deep Inlet, Eastern Bay, Herring Cove, Jamestown Bay, Kanga Bay, Katlian Bay, Kidney Cove, Leesoffskaia Bay, Marsh Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, No Thorofare Bay, Pirate Cove, Redoubt Bay, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Silver Bay, Sitka Harbor, Starrigavan Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whiting Harbor,
Capes:Allan Point, Cape Burunof, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Halibut Point, Harbor Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Peresheek Point, Povorotni Point, Silver Point, Watson Point,
Channels:Eastern Channel, Islet Passage, Koka Island Passage, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Olga Strait, Western Channel,
Cities:Dams:Blue Lake Dam, Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,
Fictional Places:Hills:Islands:Aleutski Island, Arguello Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Big Gavanski Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Breast Island, Calligan Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Emgeten Island, Error Island, Fankuda Islet, Fassett Island, Fragrant Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Galankin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Gull Islet, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Ilput Island, Japonski Island, Kamennoi Island, Kanga Island, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Koka Island, Korga Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Long Island, Love Island, Luce Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Naerie Rock, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Passage Islands, Peisar Island, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sosnovoi Island, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Torsar Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Unishka Island, Viesokoi Rock, Virublennoi Island, Volga Island, Whale Island, Zenobia Rock,
Lakes:Bear Lake, Beaver Lake, Cold Storage Lake, Lake Ekaterina, Glacier Lake, Goat Lake, Green Lake, Heart Lake, Hogan Lake, Indigo Lake, Lake Irina, Luna Lake, Medvejie Lake, Pinta Lake, Redoubt Lake, Salmon Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,
Mountains:Arrowhead Peak, Bear Mountain, Camel Mountain, Clarence Kramer Peak, Cross Mountain, Cupola Peak, Mount Dranishnikof, Eureka Mountain, Harbor Peak, Mount Katlian, Mount Kinkaid, Mount Longenbaugh, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Verstovia,
Mountain Passes:Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,
Mountain Ranges:Ridges:Rivers:Coxe River, Dranishnikov River, Indian River, Katlian River, Vodopad River,
Streams:Cascade Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Salmon Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,
Routes:Mount Verstovia Trail, Blue Lake to Glacier Lake Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Herring Cove Trail, Indian River Trail, Redoubt Lake Trail, Silver Bay Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,
