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Mount Washington
- Easiest route
- 0.6 km+51 m · about 0.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 1,874 m6,148 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 25–35 mph NW
Mount Washington is a 1,917 m (6,289 ft) mountain in the Presidential Range, New Hampshire, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,917 m · 6,289 ft
- Range
- Presidential Range
- Region
- New Hampshire, United States
- Protected area
- Mount Washington State Park
- Spanish name
- Monte Washington
- Coordinates
- 44.2705° N, 71.3034° W
How to get to the top of Mount Washington
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 0.1 km SSW of Mount Washington
- Distance
- 0.6 kmone way
- Climb
- +51 m−46 m (167 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Washington 3D map
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Mount Washington terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Washington weather
Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 25–35 mph NW
Mount Washington forecast for the summit, about 1,722 m.
- Tonight27°–25–35 mph NW
- Sat29°39°–25–35 mph NW
- Sun30°43°–15–25 mph W
- Mon22°42°4%30–45 mph W
- Tue16°27°2%25–50 mph NW
- Wed23°31°5%5–10 mph SW
- Thu30°38°22%10–20 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:35 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Washington
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Washington, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.1 km SSE
Nearest trailhead
Huntington Ravine Trailhead
Nearest hut
Lakes of the Clouds Hut
Nearest campsite
3.4 km NNE
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.1 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.1 km SSE |
| Parking | 0.1 km ESE |
| Huntington Ravine TrailheadTrailhead | 1.1 km NE |
| Lakes of the Clouds HutHut | 1.8 km SW |
| Harvard CabinHut | 2.1 km E |
| Campsite | 3.4 km NNE |
| Trailhead | 4.8 km SE |
| Campsite | 4.9 km NE |
| Caps Ridge TrailheadTrailhead | 4.9 km NW |
| Osgood TentsiteCampsite | 5.8 km NE |
| Madison Spring HutHut | 6.6 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mount Washington?
The easiest mapped route, 0.6 km from 1,908 m to 1,917 m. Steepest stretch: 27°.
- 0–15°0.5 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 10 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5.7 km, measured from the Mount Washington summit.
Summit list 9
- 1Ball Crag1,843 m 0.5 km NE
- 2Agiocochook Crag1,748 m 1.4 km NE
- 3Nelson Crag1,708 m 1.7 km NE
- 4Mount Clay1,684 m 2.0 km NNW
- 5Boott Spur1,664 m 2.1 km SSE
- 6Mount Monroe1,617 m 2.2 km SW
- 7Mount Jefferson1,725 m 3.9 km NNW
- 8Mount Adams1,748 m 5.7 km N
- 9Mount Sam Adams1,682 m 5.7 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.7 km; 1,018 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Diapensia1,711
- Lingonberry1,063
- Bog Labrador Tea1,052
- Bog bilberry959
- Canadian bunchberry927
- Three-toothed cinquefoil871
Where Mount Washington sits
- Region
- New Hampshire15United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount Washington downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,915 m at the summit; the official height is 1,917 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,917 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 1,916 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 1,915 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 1,913 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,908 m | -9 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-04)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia