Frenchman Mountain


Location: Nevada, East Las Vegas
Elevation : 4,056 ft



Overview...
Frenchman Mtn. is located on East side of Las Vegas. You can see this mountain from any part of Las Vegas. It is mistakenly referred to as Sunrise Mountain that's North of (across the Lake Mead Blvd.) this mountain.
There is the 2 Antenna tower on the top of the mountain. Left (North) Antenna tower peak is few feet higher than the Right (South) Antenna tower peak.




Route...
* From Lake Mead Blvd. *

Trailhead is located on the East Lake Mead Blvd.
From Lake Mead Blvd./Hollywood Blvd. crossing, drive 2.1 mile to the East. There is a small dart space on the right side of the road. And you can see the Dart Road goes up the Mountain. This is the trailhead.
You can't drive up the the Dart Road. (by the law)
Do NOT block or park inside of the gate.

Follow the dart road all the way up to the antenna tower.
Road goes up for 1,200 ft, then goes down for 300 ft and goes up again for 700 ft.

Stats:
Distance: 4 miles
Total Elevation gain: about 2,200 feet
Time: 3 hours
Difficulty: 2
Class: 2

My hike Album....
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2008/11/28
2008/11/08


Related Link...
Wikipedia
UNLV Geoscience
Summit Post
Local Hikes
Bird and Hike