Is Mount Washington safe? United States travel risk
Is Mount Washington safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Mount Washington scores 43/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Mount Washington scores 43/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Mount Washington: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (65/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 43 is higher than the scores of 56% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 38.0430° N, 85.5551° W in Kentucky, Mount Washington maintains a regional distance of 749.2 km E to Washington.
Kentucky
38.0430° N, 85.5551° W
215 m
America/New_York
18,228
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (31 °C avg high); Wettest: April (119 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 5° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 24° | 29° | 31° | 31° | 28° | 21° | 12° | 7° |
| Low °C | -3° | -2° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 84 | 81 | 108 | 119 | 112 | 95 | 95 | 81 | 64 | 72 | 86 | 106 |
Normals: Louisville (16 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Mount Washington happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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