DEFINITION OF MOUNT WASHINGTON

The tallest peak in the northeastern

United States is Mount Washington, rising to 6,288 feet

(1,886 m) in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s

White Mountains. The mountain was formerly known as

Agiocochook by the local Indians, and the first known ascent

was by Darby Field in 1642. By the middle of the 1800s a

summit house was built, soon followed by the Cog Railroad

and Carriage Road, making the top of New England’s tallest

mountain accessible to many visitors. Many structures were

built, but a large fire in 1908 destroyed most buildings on the

summit. The Mount Washington Observatory was founded

in 1932 and has recorded daily weather conditions ever since.

Mount Washington is now known to have some of the most

extreme weather because of its location and height at the

junction of two jet streams. The highest wind gust ever

recorded on Earth was 231 miles per hour (371.75 km/hr) on

top of Mount Washington, on April 12, 1934.

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