Mount Charleston

Mount Charleston
Mount Charleston
	Mount Charleston, with Trout Canyon in the foreground, Charleston peak at left rear
Highest point
Elevation	11,916 ft (3,632 m)
Prominence	8,241 ft (2,512 m)
Parent peak	Mount Jefferson
Listing	North America prominent peaks 34th; North America isolated peaks 93rd; Nevada county high points 4th; DPS Emblem Peak; Great Basin Peaks List Star Peak;
Coordinates	36°16′18″N 115°41′44″W
Geography
	Mount Charleston Location in Nevada
Location	Clark County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range	Spring Mountains
Topo map	USGS Charleston Peak
Climbing
Easiest route	Trail hike, class 1

Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni) at 11,916 feet (3,632 m), is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the state. Well separated from higher peaks by large, low basins, Charleston Peak is the most topographically prominent peak in Nevada, and the eighth-most-prominent peak in the contiguous United States. It is one of eight ultra-prominent peaks in Nevada. It is located about 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Las Vegas within the Mount Charleston Wilderness, which is within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area of the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest.

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