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Old Man of the Mountain Museum

Old Man of the Mountain Museum from directly overhead

Old Man of the Mountain Museum is a museum in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 599 m. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the east-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is New England Ski Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. White Mountain Trail runs past it.

About

The story

former rock formation on Cannon Mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire, United States (collapsed 2003)

Wikidata Q1508103, matched on coordinates and name (768 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Seasonal
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.16750, -71.68258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Eagle Cliff: 0.6 mi
  • Moby Grape: 0.6 mi
  • Hone Wall: 0.7 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 0.7 mi
  • Cannon Cliff: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 50
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fox Hill Park: 4.7 mi
  • The Frost Place: 4.9 mi
  • Dow Park: 5.1 mi
  • Coffin Pond Conservation Area: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 50
Attractions: 41
  • Boise Rock: 1.0 mi
  • The Basin: 3.2 mi
  • Liberty Gorge: 4.4 mi
  • Flume Gorge: 4.7 mi
  • Table Rock Flume Brook: 4.7 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 13
  • Governor Gallen Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Chase cellar hole: 13.5 mi
  • Bath New Hampshire: 14.0 mi
  • Willey House: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
  • Liberty Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Lac Littleton: 13.5 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Artworks: 3
  • Tree Harp: 10.6 mi
  • Sunflowers: 10.6 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 10.6 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Old Man of the Mountain Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LafayetteESE 104°1,600 m2.0 mi
Mount LincolnSE 124°1,551.12 m2.3 mi
North LincolnESE 115°1,524 m2.1 mi
North LafayetteE 92°1,519 m1.8 mi
South Twin MountainENE 78°1,491 m6.5 mi
North Twin MountainENE 69°1,452 m6.6 mi
Little Haystack MountainSE 136°1,440 m2.6 mi
Mount BondE 98°1,432 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2118:59
June solstice05:0419:5020:35
September equinox06:3518:0818:46
December solstice07:2015:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029425463686659473626
Precip in3.43.03.45.24.24.86.03.93.85.44.74.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11946063322

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