- Mount Rose (Nevada)
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Mount Rose 
Elevation 10,776 ft (3,285 m) [1] Prominence 3,630 ft (1,106 m) [2] Location Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Range Carson Range Coordinates 39°20′38″N 119°55′04″W / 39.343777756°N 119.917888594°WCoordinates: 39°20′38″N 119°55′04″W / 39.343777756°N 119.917888594°W[1] Topo map USGS Mount Rose Mount Rose is a mountain located in the Carson Range east of the California-Nevada border and is within the Mount Rose Wilderness. An extinct volcano,[3] the mountain is located between Lake Tahoe and Reno;[4] and is the highest point in Washoe County.[2] State Route 431 traverses Mount Rose Summit southeast of Mount Rose.[4] Due to the high elevation, most of the precipitation that falls on the mountain is snow.[5]
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe is nearby but is not on Mount Rose. Despite the name, the resort is actually on the slopes of Slide Mountain, which is on the other side of Nevada State Route 431.
In 1905, Dr. James Edward Church of the University of Nevada established the Mount Rose Weather Observatory, one of America's first high-altitude meteorological observatories, on June 29, 1905.[6][7]
John Brayshaw Kaye, a poet, lawyer and politician, wrote a poem called Mount Rose
Mount Rose as seen from New Washoe City.
See also
- List of highest points in Nevada by county
- Slide Mountain
References
- ^ a b "Mt Rose". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=KR1728. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ a b "Mount Rose, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2570. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ "Lake Tahoe Facts, Natural History, & Human History". Tahoe Adventure Sports. http://tahoeadventuresports.com/misc/tahoefacts.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=39.343798,-119.917136&ie=UTF8&ll=39.343856,-119.917145&spn=0.202053,0.383492&t=p&z=12&iwloc=addr. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "Subsection M261Et - Carson Range". USDA, Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261et.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "HM 230, Mount Rose Weather Observatory". Nevada Landmarks. http://www.nevada-landmarks.com/wa/shl230.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ^ Church, J.E., Jr. (June 1908). "Mount Rose Weather Observatory". Agricultural Experiment Station the University of Nevada 67: 7. http://books.google.com/?id=RK3PAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&q=. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
External links
- "Mount Rose". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:861170. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- "Mount Rose snow sampler". The Glossary of Meteorology. http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/search?id=mount-rose-snow-sampler1. Retrieved 2008-04-05. The first instrument for measuring snow water content. It is still in use today.
Categories:- Landforms of Washoe County, Nevada
- Mountains of Nevada
- Nevada geography stubs
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