Galehead Mountain
Galehead Mountain rises to 1,227 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the west-southwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Ridge East Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Galehead Mountain is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. Galehead is flanked to the east by South Twin Mountain, and to the west by Mount Garfield. The summit is reached by the Frost Trail which departs from Galehead Hut (operated by the Appalachian Mountain Club). There are several ways to reach the hut, the Gale River Trail from the northwest being the most direct from a road. Galehead is so named because it is located above the headwaters of the North Branch of the Gale River. The north face of Galehead drains into the North Branch, thence via the Gale River into the Ammonoosuc and Connecticut rivers, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The southeast face of Galehead drains into Twin Brook, thence into the Franconia Branch of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, through the Pemigewasset Wilderness, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts. The west face of Galehead also drains into the Franconia Branch. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the northern face of Galehead, 0.2 mi (0.3 km) north — and 400 feet (120 m) below — the summit. The Appalachian Mountain Club's Galehead Hut is located in the col between Galehead and South Twin.
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Wikidata Q4153212, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1227 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 6.0 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.3 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 5 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 8 mi
- Idlewilde View · 8 mi
- Elephant Head · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garfield Ridge East Peak: 0.7 mi
- South Twin Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Southwest Twin: 1.1 mi
- Garfield Ridge West Peak: 1.1 mi
- North Twin Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Zeacliff: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Profile Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Hone Wall: 5.7 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 4.2 mi
- Profile Recreational Trail: 5.4 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 6.1 mi
- Cushman State Forest: 6.9 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 7.9 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 1.8 mi
- Zealand Falls: 4.0 mi
- Thoreau Falls: 5.1 mi
- Franconia Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 5.5 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 6.1 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 8.5 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 8.7 mi
- Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 8.7 mi
- Gazebo Park: 8.9 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.6 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 6.2 mi
- The Basin: 7.0 mi
- Flume Gorge: 7.6 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 7.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 8.2 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 5.5 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 5.8 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 8.8 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 9.3 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 9.5 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Willey House: 8.6 mi
- Mine Shaft: 15.2 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 5.9 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 15.5 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 15.6 mi
- Peabody Spring: 16.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 17.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.6 mi
- The Basin, West: 6.9 mi
- The Basin, East: 7.0 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
- Tree Harp: 13.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 13.0 mi
- Sunflowers: 13.0 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 24.6 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
- Livermore: 12.4 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Galehead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | WSW 244° | 1,600 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SW 235° | 1,551.12 m | 4.3 mi |
| North Lincoln | WSW 239° | 1,524 m | 4.1 mi |
| North Lafayette | WSW 250° | 1,519 m | 3.8 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | E 79° | 1,491 m | 0.9 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,452 m | 1.4 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SW 229° | 1,440 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Bond | SE 137° | 1,432 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:23 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 873045 — Galehead Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357731142
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 28 mi
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