Mount Monadnock
Mount Monadnock rises to 965 m in New Hampshire. Bald Rock stands 790 m to the south, 0.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Billings Fold, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a mountain in the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. It is the most prominent mountain peak in southern New Hampshire and is the highest point in Cheshire County. It lies 38 miles (61 km) southwest of Concord and 62 miles (100 km) northwest of Boston. At 3,165 feet (965 m), Mount Monadnock is nearly 1,000 feet (305 m) higher than any other mountain peak within 30 miles (48 km) and rises 2,000 feet (610 m) above the surrounding landscape. Monadnock's bare, isolated, and rocky summit provides expansive views. It is known for being featured in the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Mt. Monadnock has long been cited as one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world. It bears a number of hiking trails, including the 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail and the 50-mile (80 km) Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway. The summit is barren largely because of fires set by early settlers. The first major fire, set in 1800 to clear the lower slopes for pasture, swept through the stands of virgin red spruce on the summit and flanks of the mountain. Between 1810 and 1820, local farmers, who believed that wolves were denning in the blowdowns, set fire to the mountain again. The conflagration raged for weeks, destroying the topsoil and denuding the mountain above 2,000 feet (610 m). The term "monadnock" is used by American geologists to describe any isolated mountain formed from the exposure of a harder rock as a result of the erosion of a softer one once surrounding it (a landform termed "inselberg" ("island-peak") elsewhere in the world).
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Wikidata Q289542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 965 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Currier & Ives Trail
- 21.8 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 22.4 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beal's Knob Vista · 15 mi
- Hubbard Hill Vista · 18 mi
- Dort Knob Vista · 19 mi
- stone post view · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jaffrey Monadnock Lot: 0.3 mi
- Jaffrey Town Forest: 1.7 mi
- Troy Water Works Land: 1.9 mi
- The Weld Forest: 2.0 mi
- Jewell Forest: 2.2 mi
- Monte Rosa: 0.4 mi
- Bald Rock: 0.5 mi
- Bigelow Hill: 2.4 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.9 mi
- Gap Mountain - North Peak: 3.2 mi
- Shattuck Park: 2.5 mi
- Marlborough Town Beach: 3.4 mi
- Dublin Park: 3.7 mi
- Centennial Park: 3.7 mi
- Farrar Field: 3.9 mi
- Armillary: 3.9 mi
- Cultural Cocoon: 8.1 mi
- Aurora: 9.7 mi
- Reaching: 9.8 mi
- Jennie B. Powers: 9.8 mi
- Troy Civil War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Troy's Hero Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Troy Veterans Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Troy WW1 Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Troy Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Troy Station: 4.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 8.1 mi
- Aquarius No. 1 Fire Museum: 8.1 mi
- Rindge Historcal Museum: 9.2 mi
- Falls Brook Falls: 7.3 mi
- Royalston Falls: 12.3 mi
- Bonner Falls: 13.4 mi
- Spirit Falls: 14.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 15.4 mi
- Ranger Beach: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sunset Beach: 6.1 mi
- Contoocook Lake Public Beach: 6.8 mi
- Jowder's Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
- Parrish Shoes Sign (Jumanji): 10.0 mi
- Stone Bridge: 12.0 mi
- Barrett House: 14.6 mi
- Barrett House: 14.8 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 15.2 mi
- Billings Fold: 0.1 mi
- Black Precipice: 0.3 mi
- Troy Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Jacob Hill: 12.4 mi
- Mine Ledge: 15.4 mi
- Noahs Ark: 2.8 mi
- John Pierce Garden: 4.0 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Washington Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Falcon Spring: 0.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 18.2 mi
- River Road Spring: 23.5 mi
- (seasonal): 23.7 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Wright Grove: 14.8 mi
- Trap Falls: 21.3 mi
- Creamery Covered Bridge: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Monadnock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Rock | S 172° | 790 m | 0.5 mi |
| Monte Rosa | SW 219° | 749 m | 0.4 mi |
| Osgood Hill | N 3° | 681 m | 9.4 mi |
| Skatutakee Mountain | NNE 26° | 609 m | 8.3 mi |
| Thumb Mountain | NNE 21° | 603 m | 8.2 mi |
| Gap Mountain - South Peak | SSW 207° | 579 m | 3.3 mi |
| Little Monadnock Mountain | SW 225° | 571 m | 7.0 mi |
| Gap Mountain - North Peak | SSW 210° | 561 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
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 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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