Little Haystack Mountain
Little Haystack Mountain rises to 1,440 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Shining Rock Cliff, a cliff 0.3 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Little Haystack Mountain is a peak on the Franconia Range of the White Mountains located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. It is flanked to the north by Mount Lincoln and to the southwest by Mount Liberty. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, traverses Franconia Ridge, including Little Haystack. Although well over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club doesn't consider Little Haystack a "four-thousand footer" because it stands less than 200 ft (61 m) above the col on the ridge from Lincoln. The Falling Waters Trail is the most popular route up Little Haystack Mountain, leading 2.8 miles (4.5 km) from U.S. Route 3 to the summit on the crest of Franconia Ridge. One of the most popular hikes in the Northeastern United States is to traverse the summits of Little Haystack, Lincoln, and Lafayette in a 9-mile (14 km) loop.
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Wikidata Q6650282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1440 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 5.6 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 7.9 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 8.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 2 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 11 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 11 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shining Rock Cliff: 0.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 2.3 mi
- Moby Grape: 2.3 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Mount Lincoln: 0.6 mi
- North Lincoln: 1.0 mi
- Mount Lafayette: 1.4 mi
- Mount Liberty: 1.7 mi
- North Lafayette: 1.8 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 2.0 mi
- Wells Road Property: 5.9 mi
- Second Presidential State Forest: 6.0 mi
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Rachel Adams Memorial Forest: 6.3 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 0.9 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 1.4 mi
- Stairs Falls: 1.4 mi
- Kinsman Falls: 2.5 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 3.0 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 3.2 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 7.3 mi
- The Frost Place: 7.5 mi
- Dow Park: 7.7 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.8 mi
- The Basin: 2.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 2.9 mi
- Flume Gorge: 3.0 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 3.1 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 2.6 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 3.0 mi
- Avery's Garage: 6.6 mi
- Clark History Museum: 6.6 mi
- Americana Museum: 6.6 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Willey House: 12.6 mi
- Nancy Pfannenstiehl: 14.9 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 15.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 12.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 1.6 mi
- Lac Littleton: 16.2 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 20.2 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 20.3 mi
- Peabody Spring: 21.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.8 mi
- The Basin, West: 2.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 2.3 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 13.1 mi
- Sunflowers: 13.1 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 13.1 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 3.5 mi
- Livermore: 14.1 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Little Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | N 3° | 1,600 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | N 6° | 1,551.12 m | 0.6 mi |
| North Lincoln | N 6° | 1,524 m | 1.0 mi |
| North Lafayette | N 1° | 1,519 m | 1.8 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | NE 54° | 1,491 m | 5.6 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NE 45° | 1,452 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Bond | E 81° | 1,432 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Guyot | ENE 71° | 1,396 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:24 | 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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872189 — Little Haystack Mountain, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357730283
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