Mount Flume
Mount Flume rises to 1,316 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardwood Ridge, a peak 0.7 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Mount Flume is a 4,328-foot (1,319 m) mountain at the southern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. Mount Flume is the lowest in elevation of the peaks in the Franconia Range that are accessible by official hiking trails. The summit marks the western border of the Pemigewasset Wilderness within the White Mountain National Forest. From the summit, there are outstanding views of Franconia Notch and the Kinsman Range to the west and the Franconia Range to the north, with limited views of the Pemigewasset Wilderness and the Twin Range to the east.
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Wikidata Q8520470, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1316 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 3.2 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 10.9 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 5 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 9 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 9 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardwood Ridge: 0.7 mi
- Mount Liberty: 0.9 mi
- Whaleback Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Owls Head: 2.1 mi
- Big Coolidge Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Indian Head: 3.6 mi
- Moby Grape: 4.4 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 4.4 mi
- Rachel Adams Memorial Forest: 4.5 mi
- Second Presidential State Forest: 4.7 mi
- Fay State Forest: 5.5 mi
- Fay State Forest: 5.8 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 5.4 mi
- Cascade Park: 6.0 mi
- Soldiers Park: 6.2 mi
- White Mountain Motorsports Park: 7.6 mi
- Avalanche Falls: 2.1 mi
- Franconia Falls: 2.5 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 2.8 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 2.9 mi
- Stairs Falls: 3.0 mi
- Flume Gorge: 2.2 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 2.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 2.4 mi
- Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 2.7 mi
- The Basin: 2.9 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Willey House: 12.4 mi
- Nancy Pfannenstiehl: 12.6 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 17.0 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 4.9 mi
- Avery's Garage: 5.0 mi
- Americana Museum: 5.0 mi
- Clark History Museum: 5.0 mi
- Pemigewasset Hook & Ladder: 5.0 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 9.6 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 13.5 mi
- Liberty Spring: 1.1 mi
- Lac Littleton: 18.4 mi
- Elliott Spring: 19.6 mi
- lower falls: 20.1 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 20.9 mi
- The Basin, East: 2.8 mi
- The Basin, West: 2.9 mi
- Boise Rock: 4.0 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Tree Harp: 15.4 mi
- Sunflowers: 15.5 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 15.5 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 24.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 5.8 mi
- Sandwich Town Beach: 23.9 mi
- Bearcamp Beach: 24.1 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Peace Garden: 24.2 mi
- Livermore: 12.7 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Mount Flume. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | NNW 347° | 1,600 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NNW 343° | 1,551.12 m | 2.9 mi |
| North Lincoln | NNW 346° | 1,524 m | 3.3 mi |
| North Lafayette | NNW 348° | 1,519 m | 4.1 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | NNE 34° | 1,491 m | 6.5 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,452 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,440 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Bond | ENE 58° | 1,432 m | 5.7 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357730004
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 22 mi
- Ashland · 29 mi
- Center Harbor · 29 mi
- Fairlee · 29 mi
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