Mount Franklin
Mount Franklin rises to 1,516 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Monroe, a peak 0.4 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Mount Franklin is a mountain in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is named after Benjamin Franklin and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains, although Franklin was not a president. Mount Franklin is flanked to the northeast by Mount Monroe, and to the southwest by Mount Eisenhower. Mount Franklin drains on the northwest side into the Ammonoosuc River, thence into the Connecticut River and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. On the southeast side, Franklin drains into the Dry River, thence into the Saco River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Maine. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses Mount Franklin as it traverses the main ridge of the Presidentials from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington. Franklin stands on the northwest side of the Dry River Wilderness. Although well over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club doesn't consider Franklin a "four-thousand footer" because it stands no more than 65 feet (20 m) above the col on the ridge from Mount Monroe, making it a secondary summit of that peak.
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Wikidata Q6920801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1516 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 4.4 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 7.5 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 12.1 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Ladies’ Lookout · 4 mi
- Square. Ledge · 4 mi
- Bugle Cliff · 4 mi
- Lila's Ledge · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Monroe: 0.4 mi
- Mount Monroe: 0.6 mi
- Mount Eisenhower: 1.1 mi
- North Isolation: 1.8 mi
- Boott Spur: 1.8 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 3.0 mi
- Sandquist Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Simone Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Snyder Brook Scenic Area: 8.4 mi
- Agnew State Forest: 9.2 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Elephant Head: 4.5 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 6.7 mi
- Zeacliff: 9.3 mi
- Whites Ledge: 11.9 mi
- Prospect Farm: 6.8 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 8.1 mi
- Durand Lake: 8.8 mi
- Mossy Glen: 9.2 mi
- William H. Peek Memorial Park: 9.3 mi
- Crystal Cascades Falls: 3.7 mi
- Glen Ellis Falls: 3.9 mi
- Gibbs Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 4.4 mi
- Middle Falls: 4.5 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 2.0 mi
- ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 10.5 mi
- Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 11.8 mi
- Roar-o-Saurus: 11.9 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.2 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 12.2 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 13.1 mi
- MWOBs Admin Office: 16.7 mi
- Conway Railroad Museum: 16.9 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 3.8 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 4.7 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- P1: 11.7 mi
- Willey House: 5.8 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Ravine House Site: 8.9 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 10.9 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 18.7 mi
- Beach Area #1: 20.5 mi
- Beach Area #2: 20.8 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 21.5 mi
- Conway Lake Public Beach: 22.9 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 4.3 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 4.4 mi
- Peabody Spring: 5.0 mi
- lower falls: 16.8 mi
- Deer Hill Spring: 17.2 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 17.2 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 22.3 mi
- Tree Harp: 22.3 mi
- Sunflowers: 22.3 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 20.3 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Boise Rock: 18.4 mi
- The Basin, West: 19.5 mi
- The Basin, East: 19.5 mi
- Livermore: 12.3 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Mount Franklin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | NE 43° | 1,917 m | 2.0 mi |
| Ball Crag | NE 42° | 1,843 m | 2.3 mi |
| Agiocochook Crag | NE 43° | 1,748 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Adams | NNE 21° | 1,748 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | N 10° | 1,725 m | 3.9 mi |
| Nelson Crag | NE 46° | 1,708 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Clay | NNE 16° | 1,684 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | NNE 17° | 1,682 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 871913 — Mount Franklin, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/4951755915
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