Map of the White Mountains
The whole White Mountains on real terrain, from our satellite elevation model — the full arc masked to the range’s mapped boundary, with 6 of its great peaks pinned (each labelled with its surveyed height). Mount Washington tops them all at 6,289 ft (1,917 m). Drag to spin it (two-finger to orbit on mobile).
Where are the White Mountains?
The White Mountains lie entirely within the United States. The area below is this page’s own measurement — the range boundary intersected with the outline of the United States, by true (geodesic) area.
| Country | Share of range | Area |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 100.0% | 2,429 mi² (6,291 km²) |
Range boundary: GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent). Country outlines: geoBoundaries ADM0. Computed range area 6,291 km² — within about 1% of GMBA’s published 6,295 km².
The highest peak: Mount Washington
The highest point of the White Mountains is Mount Washington, at 6,289 ft (1,917 m) — the highest peak in the northeastern United States.
Zooming to the roof of the range — a fine ~66 m model of the Mount Washington massif.
Great peaks of the White Mountains
A curated selection — the highest summits of the Presidential and Franconia ranges, chosen for fame and spread rather than by a strict height cutoff. Each is pinned on the map above; the heights here are the surveyed figures.
| Peak | Elevation | Country | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washingtonhighest | 6,289 ft (1,917 m) | Coös Co., New Hampshire | Highest in the Northeast; extreme summit weather |
| Mount Adams | 5,794 ft (1,766 m) | Coös Co., New Hampshire | Second-highest in the Northeast; in the Presidential Range |
| Mount Jefferson | 5,712 ft (1,741 m) | Coös Co., New Hampshire | Third-highest in the Northeast; in the Presidential Range |
| Mount Monroe | 5,371 ft (1,637 m) | Coös Co., New Hampshire | On the Presidential ridge beside Washington |
| Mount Madison | 5,367 ft (1,636 m) | Coös Co., New Hampshire | Northern end of the Presidential Range |
| Mount Lafayette | 5,249 ft (1,600 m) | Grafton Co., New Hampshire | Highest of the Franconia Range, to the west |
Relief and elevation range
Across the mapped range the land runs from about 381 ft (116 m) on the valley floors to 6,230 ft (1,899 m) at the highest ground — a vertical range of 5,853 ft (1,784 m), which puts the White Mountains in the moderate-relief class. The mean elevation is 1,923 ft (586 m) and the median 1,824 ft (556 m); the two sitting close together says the height is spread broadly across the range, not concentrated in a few peaks over otherwise low ground.
The distribution above is the share of the range’s area at each elevation, computed from the same satellite model as the maps. It reads the White Mountains as a true massif — a large area held high — rather than a thin crest.
White Mountains FAQ
- How many countries do the White Mountains cross?
- The White Mountains lie entirely within the United States — a single country.
- How were the White Mountains formed?
- The White Mountains are the worn roots of far older mountains — granite and metamorphic rock raised by ancient collisions and long since eroded, their notches and ravines later deepened by glaciers.
- Is Mount Washington the highest peak in the White Mountains?
- Yes. Mount Washington, at 6,289 ft (1,917 m), is the highest point anywhere in the White Mountains. The next-highest of the peaks pinned here, Mount Adams, is about 495 ft (151 m) lower.
Related ranges
More of the world’s mountains, rendered the same way — explore other ranges in 3D.
- Appalachians↑ Mount Mitchell, 6,683 ft (2,037 m)
- Adirondacks↑ Mount Marcy, 5,344 ft (1,629 m)
- Catskills↑ Slide Mountain, 4,180 ft (1,274 m)
- Blue Ridge MountainsMean 2,661 ft (811 m)
- Great Smoky Mountains↑ Kuwohi (Clingmans Dome), 6,644 ft (2,025 m)
- Ozarks↑ Turner Ward Knob, 2,454 ft (748 m)
Elevation from Copernicus GLO-30 (ESA), sampled over the range and masked to its boundary. The range boundary is the GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard extent; Snethlage et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Country outlines from geoBoundaries. Every figure on this page is computed from these sources; the surveyed Mount Washington height is the one exception, cited above. See the methodology. Data as of 2026-08-22.