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Northbird, or Northbird Peak, is a 3,310-foot mountain on Revillagigedo Island near Ketchikan in southeastern Alaska, within Tongass National Forest. Its steep rise makes it especially striking, climbing 2,264 feet above Granite Basin in one mile and 3,310 feet above the tidewater of George Inlet in 3.5 miles. A common ascent follows the Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail through temperate rainforest, muskeg, and alpine meadows. The mountain’s name reflects Alaska’s early aviation history: it honors Northbird, the open-cockpit biplane Roy F. Jones flew to Ketchikan when he established commercial air service in Alaska in 1922, and the name was officially adopted in 1974.
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