Mount Washington

Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.

Presidential Range · Coös County · United States · 1,917 m

Mount Washington seen from the surrounding White Mountains

About Mount Washington

At 6,288 feet (1,917 m), Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States and lies in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains . The mountain’s first written European record is attributed to Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, when he viewed it from the Atlantic Ocean .

Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft (1,916.6 m) and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.

At 6,288 feet (1,917 m), Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the northeastern United States and lies in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains . The mountain’s first written European record is attributed to Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524, when he viewed it from the Atlantic Ocean .

Documented mountaineering milestones

  • 1642 — First recorded European ascent, by a southerly approach: Darby Field, accompanied according to the historical account by two Native American companions
  • 1869 — First train reached the summit, marking the opening of the Mount Washington Cog Railway, the first mountain-climbing cog railway: Sylvester Marsh and the Mount Washington Railway Company

Routes and approaches

Mount Washington State Park identifies access to the summit by the Mount Washington Cog Railway, the Mount Washington Auto Road, and hiking trails, with the summit area administered as the state park .

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Sources and provenance

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