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Mount Mitten

Mount Mitten, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Mitten rises to 929 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the southeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Currier Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 3.0 miles off.

The story

Mount Mitten is a 3,058 foot (932 meter) peak in the Dartmouth Range in New Hampshire. It is named for a mitten that Timothy Nash lost when climbing a tree atop the mountain to get his bearings. He saw Crawford Notch.

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Wikidata Q34882582, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
929 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.31598, -71.37894

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks: 55
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 4.4 mi
  • Durand Lake: 5.9 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 6.5 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
  • Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 51
  • Upper Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Chandler Fall: 4.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Salmacis Fall: 5.2 mi
  • Tama Fall: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 40
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 4.9 mi
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Cog Railway Display: 8.5 mi
  • Ho Ho Ho H20: 9.4 mi
  • Rudys Rapid Transit: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 36
Picnic sites: 21
Museums: 20
Historic sites: 13
Springs: 7
  • Spaulding Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Pollyanna Statue: 19.5 mi
  • Tree Harp: 19.6 mi
  • Sunflowers: 19.6 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Mitten. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonSE 130°1,917 m4.9 mi
Ball CragSE 126°1,843 m4.9 mi
Mount AdamsE 86°1,748 m4.3 mi
Agiocochook CragESE 120°1,748 m5.0 mi
Mount JeffersonESE 105°1,725 m3.2 mi
Nelson CragESE 119°1,708 m5.2 mi
Mount ClayESE 124°1,684 m3.8 mi
Mount Sam AdamsE 84°1,682 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0219:4920:34
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1915:2216:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F6613243646504943312112
Precip in5.75.46.77.37.78.68.97.77.710.08.17.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357724310

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