The Cannon Balls

The Cannon Balls

Infobox Mountain
Name = The Cannon Balls (East peak)
Photo =
Caption =
Elevation = 1,148 metres (3,769 feet)
Prominence = 60 m (190 ft) [Taken collectively — ignoring the divide between the west and middle peak — the key col between the Cannon Balls and Kinsman Mtn. has an elevation of 3,580±20 ft. However, considered individually, the key col of the east peak and Cannon Mtn. has an elevation on 3,420±20 ft, giving that peak a prominence of 349±20 ft.]
Location = Grafton County, New Hampshire
Range = Kinsman Range
Coordinates = coord|44|8.100|N|71|42.62|W |type:mountain_region:US |display=title,inline
Topographic
USGS "Franconia"
Type = |Age =
First ascent =
Easiest route = hiking trail
Listing = #100 N.E. Hundred Highest

The Cannon Balls is a mountain ridge located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, and is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains. The ridge has three peaks with elevations of, from west to east, 3,693, 3,660, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,115 and 1,148 meters).The ridge takes its name from adjacent Cannon Mountain, on which a series of boulders, when viewed from the foot of the mountain, resemble an antique artillery cannon. The Cannon Balls are flanked to the northeast by Cannon Mountain, and to the southwest by Kinsman Mountain.

The south side of the ridge drains into Cascade Brook, thence into the Pemigewasset River, the Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts. The north side drains into Coppermine Brook, thence into the Ham Branch of the Gale River, the Gale River, Ammonoosuc River, Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs across the south slopes of the Cannon Balls between North Kinsman and Franconia Notch. The actual summit is a few yards north of the trail.

Notes

See also

* List of mountains in New Hampshire
* White Mountain National Forest
* New England Hundred Highest

External links

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* [http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6896 PeakBagger.com: The Cannon Balls]
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/225611/northeast-cannonball.html summitpost.org: Northeast Cannonball]


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