Mount Houghton
Mount Houghton rises to 3,195 m in Nevada. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the east-northeast, 1.3 miles off. Mount Rose Highway passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mount Houghton is a 10,490-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
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Wikidata Q49053109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3195 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 5.9 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 19.6 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic lookout · 5 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 19 mi
- Cave Rock · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Rose: 1.3 mi
- Relay Peak: 1.4 mi
- Tamarack Peak: 1.4 mi
- Church Peak: 1.5 mi
- Chocolate Peak: 2.6 mi
- Davis Creek Regional Park: 6.2 mi
- Bowers Mansion County Park: 6.2 mi
- Bowers Mansion Regional Park: 6.3 mi
- Burnt Cedar Beach: 6.3 mi
- Ski Beach: 6.6 mi
- The Ants: 12.5 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 13.0 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 13.0 mi
- Nevada Fine Arts: 14.1 mi
- Wa-Pai-Shone: 14.1 mi
- Fox Cultural Hall: 8.0 mi
- Old Huffaker Schoolhouse: 11.7 mi
- Verdi History Center: 13.0 mi
- Museum of Truckee History: 13.1 mi
- Truckee Railroad Museum: 13.2 mi
- The Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 14.2 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Jimmy's Garden: 15.5 mi
- Jimmy's Garden: 15.5 mi
- Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 6.7 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock: 8.3 mi
- The Galena "G": 9.1 mi
- Verdi Glen Resort Swimming Pool: 12.9 mi
- Verdi Glen Resort Fireplace: 12.9 mi
- Galena Creek Regional Park: 4.7 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
- Waddle Ranch Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Galena Terrace: 9.1 mi
- Elizabethtown Meadows: 9.2 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 11.0 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 12.4 mi
- Carson Raceway: 13.2 mi
- Old Reno Arch: 14.9 mi
- Reno Arch: 15.0 mi
- Burnt Cedar Beach: 6.3 mi
- Incline Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hidden Beach: 7.8 mi
- Kings Beach: 8.2 mi
- Secline Beach: 8.3 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Twin Crags: 16.8 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Green Phantom Rock: 20.3 mi
- Juniper Ridge Spring: 4.5 mi
- Brockway Spring: 7.1 mi
- Taylor Spring: 13.1 mi
- Sardine Spring: 20.1 mi
- Big Spring: 21.8 mi
- Galena: 8.1 mi
- Washoe City: 8.6 mi
- Poeville: 17.9 mi
- Sutro: 19.4 mi
- Peavine Ranch: 20.4 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 13.2 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Genoa Falls: 23.2 mi
- Donner Camp Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 22.8 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 19.2 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Mount Houghton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose | ENE 60° | 3,285 m | 1.3 mi |
| Church Peak | NE 35° | 3,235 m | 1.5 mi |
| Relay Peak | SSW 196° | 3,135 m | 1.4 mi |
| Snowflower Mountain | N 3° | 3,115 m | 3.3 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | SE 138° | 3,012 m | 1.4 mi |
| Slide Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,936 m | 3.3 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | SSW 200° | 2,932 m | 3.0 mi |
| Rose Knob | SW 217° | 2,922 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 40 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Incline Village, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 862223 — Mount Houghton, Washoe County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357559515
Day trips start here
- Incline Village · 6 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 8 mi
- Truckee · 14 mi
- Reno · 15 mi
- Tahoe City · 15 mi
- Virginia City · 16 mi
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