- Mount Kearsarge (Carroll County, New Hampshire)
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This article is about the mountain near North Conway, New Hampshire. For the mountain of the same name in Wilmot and Warner, New Hampshire, see Mount Kearsarge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire). For other uses, see Kearsarge (disambiguation).
Mount Kearsarge 
Kearsarge North as seen from South BaldfaceElevation 996 m (3,268 ft) Prominence 536 m (1,759 ft) Location Location Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA Coordinates 44°6.34′N 71°5.64′W / 44.10567°N 71.094°WCoordinates: 44°6.34′N 71°5.64′W / 44.10567°N 71.094°W Topo map USGS North Conway East Climbing Easiest route Hike Kearsarge North Trail from Hurricane Mtn Road. Mount Kearsarge is a mountain located about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of North Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire. The mountain's Abenaki name is Pequawket. On topographic maps, the mountain is referred to as "Kearsarge North", to avoid confusion with another Mount Kearsarge in central New Hampshire, about 20 miles (30 km) northwest of Concord.
Mount Kearsarge in Spring by William F. Paskell (1866–1951)
Kearsarge is located in the eastern fringe of the White Mountains. It is drained by various brooks into the Saco River.
There are two hiking routes up Kearsarge. The first, and most popular, is the 3.1-mile (5.0 km) Mount Kearsarge North Trail, which ascends 2,600 feet (790 m) from the North Conway side of Hurricane Mountain Road, near Intervale. The Weeks Brook Trail, a much less-used 4.7-mile (7.6 km) route, approaches Kearsarge from the east, from a trailhead on Forest Road 317 in Chatham.[1]
An inn was built on the summit, only to be twice destroyed by storms. In 1909, the Appalachian Mountain Club granted the New Hampshire Forestry Commission use of the destroyed hotel for a fire lookout.[2] A fire tower was built and staffed by the state and the US Forest Service until 1960. In 1991, the fire tower was added to the National Historic Lookout Register, and is open to visitors to the summit of Kearsarge North.
See also
References
- ^ Daniell, Gene, and Smith, Steven D. White Mountain Guide. 27th ed. AMC Books, 2003. ISBN 1-929173-22-9.
- ^ Iris W. Baird and Chris Haartz (1992). "NH Lookout Towers - A Short History," Third Annual Conference of the Forest Fire Lookout Association.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kearsarge
- PeakBagger.com: Kearsarge
- Paintings of Mount Kearsarge
- Kearsarge North Mountain - FranklinSites.com Hiking Guide
Categories:- Mountains of New Hampshire
- Landforms of Carroll County, New Hampshire
- Fire lookout towers in New Hampshire
- New Hampshire geography stubs
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