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Mount Houghton

Mount Houghton, a peak in Nevada
Mount Houghton, a peak in NevadaMitch Barrie · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

About

The story

Mount Houghton is a 10,490-foot-elevation mountain summit located in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49053109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3,195 m
Getting there

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Coordinates39.33407, -119.93950

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Artworks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Museums: 35
  • 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
Historic sites: 31
Nature reserves: 30
Attractions: 23
Beaches: 20
Gardens: 20
Cliffs: 14
Springs: 8
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Jumbo Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Genoa Falls: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 13.2 mi
  • Meeks Bay Beach: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseENE3,285 m1.3 mi
Church PeakNE3,235 m1.5 mi
Relay PeakSSW3,135 m1.4 mi
Snowflower MountainN3,115 m3.3 mi
Tamarack PeakSE3,012 m1.4 mi
Slide MountainESE2,936 m3.3 mi
Rose Knob PeakSSW2,932 m3.0 mi
Rose KnobSW2,922 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:12
June solstice05:3419:5020:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1715:5816:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323436414857636358484033

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Incline Village, 6 mi away.

Sources

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

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