{{Short description|Mountain Summit Located in the Alaska Range}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Healy | image = Mount Healy in spring (aa7222bc-49a0-4f29-b704-8fc66e466179).jpg | image_caption = | elevation_ft = 5716 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=226|name=Mount Healy|accessdate=2020-11-05}}</ref> | prominence_ft = 498 | prominence_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | isolation_mi = 1.35 | isolation_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/> | parent_peak = Fang Mountain (6,736 ft)<ref name=peakbagger/> | range = Alaska Range | etymology = John J. Healy | listing = | map = USA Alaska | range_coordinates = | map_caption = Location in Alaska | label_position = left | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Healy | part_type = Protected area | part = Denali National Park | country = United States | state = Alaska | region = Denali | region_type = Borough | coordinates = {{coord|63|46|23|N|149|00|32|W|type:mountain_region:US-AK_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis"/> | topo = USGS ''Healy D-5'' | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Trail, scrambling | rock = }} '''Mount Healy''', also known in Denaʼina language as {{lang|tfn|Dlel Neelghu Nodaadlghunee}} (meaning "mountains that are joined together"), is a 5,716-foot (1,742 meter) elevation mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, United States.<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=1403280|name=Mount Healy|accessdate=2020-11-05}}</ref><ref>James Kari, ''Native Place Names Mapping in Denali National Park and Preserve'', National Park Service, 1999, page 129.</ref> It is situated immediately northwest of park headquarters and {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Healy. The George Parks Highway and Alaska Railroad traverse the eastern base of this mountain as each passes through the Nenana River Gorge. Mount Healy's nearest neighbor, Sugar Loaf Mountain, is set {{convert|5.2|mi|km}} to the east across the gorge, and the nearest higher peak is Fang Mountain, {{convert|16.2|mi|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south-southwest.<ref name=peakbagger/> Mount Healy is a nine-mile-long, east–west trending ridge system of mostly loose rock with jagged peaks and spires. Vegetation ranges from boreal forest at the base all the way up to barren alpine ridges and snowfields at the top. This area is very popular for day hikes due to its close proximity to the park entrance.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/dena/planyourvisit/unit24.htm Mount Healy, National Park Service]</ref> This mountain and the town are named after John J. Healy (1840–1908), manager of the North American Trading and Transportation Company. This geographical feature's name was reported in 1921 by Mabry Abbey on his survey map of the boundaries of Mount McKinley National Park.<ref>''Dictionary of Alaska Place Names'', Donald J. Orth author, United States Government Printing Office (1967), page 413.</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Healy is located in a subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below −10 °F with wind chill factors below −20 °F. The months May through June offer the most favorable weather for climbing or viewing. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Nenana River, which in turn is part of the Tanana River drainage basin.
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Mount Healy across the canyon.jpg|Southeast aspect, from Sugar Loaf Mountain File:Mount Healy in Spring (2d476142-c0f9-49c3-9293-d878e4abcf67).jpg File:A peak on Mount Healy (a8edd5a0-08de-4426-bb7c-0e0cdc80ac8f).jpg File:Mount Healy in spring (4da913fa-2eb4-4007-b4ac-0af9d8944ec2).jpg File:Scenes from the top of the Mount Healy Overlook Trail on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. (8a74c4b6-e965-47a1-902d-370e0b20773d).JPG File:Nikolai 3 4-8-2013 (8727710672).jpg|North aspect of Mt. Healy with town of Healy below, to left </gallery> </div>
==See also== *List of mountain peaks of Alaska *Geology of Alaska
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==External links== * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5863858/United%20States/Alaska/Denali/Mount%20Healy Mount Healy] * Weather forecast: [https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=AKZ225&zflg=1 National Weather Service] * [https://www.nps.gov/dena/index.htm Denali National Park & Preserve] - National Park Service site
{{Portal bar|Mountains|Geography|Alaska}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Healy | North = Healy | Northeast = Nenana River | East = Sugar Loaf Mountain | Southeast = Denali Park | South = Park Road | Southwest = Park Road | West = Mount Margaret | Northwest = Savage River }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Mount}} Category:Alaska Range Category:Mountains of Denali Borough, Alaska Category:Mountains of Denali National Park and Preserve Category:One-thousanders of the United States Category:Denaʼina