Mount Garfield
Mount Garfield rises to 1,345 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Garfield Ridge West Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Garfield is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the White Mountains. Mt. Garfield is flanked to the east by South Twin Mountain, and to the southwest along Garfield Ridge by Mount Lafayette. The south faces of Garfield drain 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 at Newburyport, Massachusetts. The north faces of Garfield drain into the north and south branches of the Gale River, thence into the Ammonoosuc and Connecticut rivers, and into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the ridge, across the summit of Garfield.
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Wikidata Q6920864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1345 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 5.5 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.4 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 13.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 4 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 10 mi
- Idlewilde View · 10 mi
- Elephant Head · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Garfield Ridge West Peak: 0.8 mi
- Flat Top Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Garfield Ridge East Peak: 1.5 mi
- Galehead Mountain: 1.9 mi
- North Lafayette: 2.2 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 2.6 mi
- Profile Recreational Trail: 4.2 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 5.9 mi
- Cushman State Forest: 5.9 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 6.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Profile Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Hone Wall: 3.9 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Hermit Haven: 3.9 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 1.7 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 4.3 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 4.7 mi
- Stairs Falls: 4.7 mi
- Bridesmaid Falls: 5.6 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 4.4 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 6.9 mi
- Dow Park: 7.2 mi
- The Frost Place: 7.5 mi
- Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 7.5 mi
- Boise Rock: 4.1 mi
- The Basin: 5.8 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 6.6 mi
- Flume Gorge: 6.7 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 6.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 9.9 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 3.8 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 4.1 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 7.0 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 7.4 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 7.7 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Willey House: 10.5 mi
- Mine Shaft: 14.8 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 16.9 mi
- Liberty Spring: 5.2 mi
- Lac Littleton: 15.4 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 17.0 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 17.1 mi
- Peabody Spring: 17.8 mi
- Boise Rock: 4.1 mi
- The Basin, West: 5.7 mi
- The Basin, East: 5.8 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 18.6 mi
- Tree Harp: 11.5 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 11.6 mi
- Sunflowers: 11.6 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
- Livermore: 14.0 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Mount Garfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | SW 222° | 1,600 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | SSW 212° | 1,551.12 m | 3.1 mi |
| North Lincoln | SW 216° | 1,524 m | 2.8 mi |
| North Lafayette | SW 230° | 1,519 m | 2.2 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | E 90° | 1,491 m | 2.8 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,452 m | 2.8 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,440 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Bond | ESE 121° | 1,432 m | 4.6 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 | 15:23 | 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 871925 — Mount Garfield, Grafton County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357730032
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 27 mi
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