Mount Clay
Mount Clay rises to 1,684 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the south-southeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Crag, a peak 1.1 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mount Clay is a peak located in Thompson and Meserve's Purchase in Coos County in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is a rise about 0.9-mile (1.4 km) long and a few hundred feet tall, with summit elevation of 5,533 feet (1,686 m); it lies on the ridge joining the summits of Mount Washington, about 0.9-mile (1.4 km) to the south-southeast, with that of Mount Jefferson, about 1.3-mile (2.1 km) north. The Appalachian Trail, coinciding there with the Gulfside Trail, rises about a hundred feet approaching it northbound, and passes 0.1-mile (0.16 km) from the summit, 200 feet (61 m) below it. The 1.2-mile (1.9 km) Mt. Clay Loop passes over the summit. The Jewell Trail is a popular choice as a relatively less strenuous route to Mt. Washington's summit; hikers ascending it, eastbound, from the vicinity of the cog rail base station join the Gulfside Trail about 0.4-mile (0.64 km) from Clay's summit and about 200 feet (61 m) below, and give up about 100 feet (30 m) in descending the southern tail of Clay, before resuming the ascent of Washington. The mountain is named for Henry Clay, 19th-century senator and U.S. Secretary of State from Kentucky, known as "The Great Compromiser". In 2003, the New Hampshire state legislature, participating in a Reagan Legacy project, made it state law that Mt. Clay "shall hereafter be called and known as Mount Reagan," after President Ronald Reagan. The legal force of this is limited to actions by the state of New Hampshire. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted in May 2010 not to change the name of the mountain. Maps used in connection with foot travel in the Presidentials are typically published by the U.S. Geological Survey (which adheres by law to BGN's naming), and by the Appalachian Mountain Club and two New England companies, all three of whom as of 2010 use "Clay" and make no mention of "Reagan". Although well over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height above sea level, the Appalachian Mountain Club does not consider Mount Clay a "four-thousand footer" because it stands less than 200 feet (61 m) above the col on the ridge from Washington, making it a secondary summit of that peak.
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Wikidata Q6920171, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1684 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 5.2 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 6.3 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 9.7 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lila's Ledge · 4 mi
- Ladies’ Lookout · 4 mi
- Square. Ledge · 4 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball Crag: 1.1 mi
- Mount Washington: 1.2 mi
- Mount Jefferson: 1.3 mi
- Agiocochook Crag: 1.3 mi
- Nelson Crag: 1.5 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 5.3 mi
- Snyder Brook Scenic Area: 5.8 mi
- Randolph Community Forest: 7.7 mi
- Agnew State Forest: 8.1 mi
- Sandquist Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 5.6 mi
- Durand Lake: 6.2 mi
- Mossy Glen: 6.6 mi
- William H. Peek Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- Prospect Farm: 7.5 mi
- Crystal Cascades Falls: 3.4 mi
- Chandler Fall: 3.8 mi
- Glen Ellis Falls: 4.3 mi
- Thompson Falls: 4.4 mi
- Salmacis Fall: 4.4 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 1.2 mi
- ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 11.1 mi
- Ho Ho Ho H20: 13.0 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 13.1 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Elephant Head: 6.7 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 9.3 mi
- Zeacliff: 11.4 mi
- Wild River Crag: 12.8 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 9.8 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 11.5 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 14.6 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 17.0 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 4.1 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 5.6 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 6.3 mi
- P1: 9.1 mi
- P2: 9.1 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Ravine House Site: 6.3 mi
- Willey House: 8.3 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 12.2 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 1.7 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 1.8 mi
- Peabody Spring: 2.3 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 16.8 mi
- lower falls: 19.1 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 20.2 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 21.5 mi
- Beach Area #1: 22.3 mi
- Beach Area #2: 22.7 mi
- Fiddlehead Campground: 24.4 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 18.8 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 22.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 22.7 mi
- Sunflowers: 22.8 mi
- Boise Rock: 20.1 mi
- The Basin, West: 21.3 mi
- The Basin, East: 21.4 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Livermore: 14.9 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Mount Clay. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | SSE 150° | 1,917 m | 1.2 mi |
| Ball Crag | SE 136° | 1,843 m | 1.1 mi |
| Agiocochook Crag | ESE 111° | 1,748 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Adams | NNE 26° | 1,748 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | N 358° | 1,725 m | 1.3 mi |
| Nelson Crag | ESE 107° | 1,708 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | NNE 18° | 1,682 m | 2.6 mi |
| Boott Spur | SSE 155° | 1,664 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:06 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 21 | 12 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871692 — Mount Clay, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357729820
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