A Case of Two Charlestons

On pages 23 and 33 in your September/October 2007 issue you describe Mount Charleston as an 11,915-foot peak, the highest in southern Nevada. Actually, Mount Charleston is a “populated place” (in this case a small settlement of cabins, etc.) in Kyle Canyon about three miles south of Charleston Peak, which is the peak you have misidentified as Mount Charleston. The highest peak in the Spring Mountains has officially been known as Charleston Peak since 1891, and is shown as such on all published government maps of the area. If you would like to check these names, refer to Geographic Names Information System, the official source of all geographic names in the United States.
I feel that it is important to use correct place names in a publication with such wide circulation as Nevada, as the many new residents of our state look to you for correct information.
JOSEPH V. TINGLEY
Reno

Thanks, Joseph, for enlightening us on Mount Charleston and Charleston Peak. Stay tuned for a future Nevada Magazine story on the Mount Charleston area, northwest of Las Vegas via U.S. 95 and State Route 157.
EDITOR

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