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Mount Hight

Mount Hight, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hight rises to 1,415 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Dome, a peak 0.7 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 2.9 miles off.

The story

Mount Hight is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains, which runs along the eastern-northeastern side of Pinkham Notch. Mount Hight is flanked on the north by South Carter Mountain across Zeta Pass, and on the southwest by Carter Dome. Although well over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club does not consider Hight a "four-thousand footer" because the col on the ridge from Carter Dome only descends 125 ft (38 m), making it a secondary summit of that peak. The balding summit of Mount Hight has the broadest views of any summit of the Carter-Moriah Range. Conversely, Carter Dome, the highest peak in the range, is wooded and has only limited views.

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Wikidata Q2122593, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1415 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.27579, -71.17024

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 4.5 mi
  • Gorham Common: 7.7 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
  • Moose Brook State Park: 8.4 mi
  • Moose Brook Park: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 41
Attractions: 34
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 6.6 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 10.9 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 11.0 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 30
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 17
Museums: 13
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 8.9 mi
  • Moffett House Museum: 13.7 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 15.4 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 15.6 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 18.9 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 19.6 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 19.8 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 20.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peabody Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 9.7 mi
  • lower falls: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 13.2 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Mount Hight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonW 267°1,917 m6.6 mi
Ball CragW 269°1,843 m6.4 mi
Agiocochook CragW 272°1,748 m6.0 mi
Mount AdamsWNW 297°1,748 m6.8 mi
Mount JeffersonWNW 285°1,725 m7.5 mi
Nelson CragW 273°1,708 m5.7 mi
Mount ClayW 276°1,684 m7.2 mi
Mount Sam AdamsWNW 296°1,682 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:33
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357730126

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