Mount Lafayette
Mount Lafayette rises to 1,600 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lincoln stands 1,551 m to the south, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is North Lafayette, a peak 0.4 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mount Lafayette is a 5,249-foot (1,600 m) mountain at the northern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It lies in the town of Franconia in Grafton County, and appears on the New England Fifty Finest list of the most topographically prominent peaks in New England. The mountain's upper reaches are located in the alpine zone, an area where only dwarf vegetation exists due to the harsh climate.
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Wikidata Q8520336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1600 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 6.9 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 9.2 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 2 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 12 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 12 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Lafayette: 0.4 mi
- North Lincoln: 0.4 mi
- Mount Lincoln: 0.8 mi
- Little Haystack Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Owls Head: 2.3 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 0.8 mi
- Wells Road Property: 5.3 mi
- Franconia Town Forest: 5.4 mi
- Profile Recreational Trail: 5.5 mi
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 1.4 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Moby Grape: 2.0 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 1.8 mi
- Swiftwater Falls: 2.2 mi
- Stairs Falls: 2.2 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 2.4 mi
- Kinsman Falls: 3.5 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 2.6 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 6.4 mi
- The Frost Place: 6.7 mi
- Dow Park: 6.7 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.8 mi
- The Basin: 3.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 4.2 mi
- Flume Gorge: 4.4 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 4.5 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 2.0 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 2.3 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 6.6 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 6.6 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 7.3 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Willey House: 12.2 mi
- Chase cellar hole: 15.4 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 15.9 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 12.1 mi
- Liberty Spring: 3.0 mi
- Lac Littleton: 15.2 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 19.4 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 19.4 mi
- Peabody Spring: 20.2 mi
- Boise Rock: 1.7 mi
- The Basin, West: 3.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 3.4 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 11.9 mi
- Sunflowers: 12.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 12.0 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
- Livermore: 14.5 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Mount Lafayette. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | S 181° | 1,551.12 m | 0.8 mi |
| North Lincoln | S 176° | 1,524 m | 0.4 mi |
| North Lafayette | N 354° | 1,519 m | 0.4 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,491 m | 4.8 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | NE 56° | 1,452 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | S 183° | 1,440 m | 1.4 mi |
| Mount Bond | E 95° | 1,432 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Guyot | E 85° | 1,396 m | 5.5 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357730240
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 24 mi
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