Mount Pierce
Mount Pierce rises to 1,308 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the northeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Gibbs Brook Scenic Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Mount Pierce is a mountain in the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is approximately 4,310 feet (1,310 m) high. Formerly called Mount Clinton for 19th-century governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, in 1913 it was renamed after President Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), the only president born in New Hampshire, although it was several decades before the name was widely recognized. Its summit offers a wide view of New Hampshire's mountains. The shortest trail route to the summit of Pierce is from a parking lot to the west of the mountain on Mount Clinton Road just off Route 302. The trail primarily follows the Crawford Path, the oldest continually used hiking trail in the United States. Crawford Path was established in 1819 by Abel and Ethan Crawford, who referred to the mountain as Bald Mountain. The Appalachian Trail and Webster Cliff Trail approach from Mount Jackson in the south and meet Crawford Path just north of the summit before continuing to the northeast. Mount Eisenhower and Mount Monroe lie on the ridge northeast of Mount Pierce. All three of these peaks are included on the peak-bagging list of four-thousand footers in New Hampshire.
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Wikidata Q749181, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,308 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 2.2 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 9.1 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 14.4 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bugle Cliff · 2 mi
- Elephant Head · 2 mi
- Idlewilde View · 2 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Eisenhower: 1.2 mi
- Mount Jackson: 1.7 mi
- Mount Franklin: 2.3 mi
- Mount Webster: 2.5 mi
- Little Monroe: 2.7 mi
- Prospect Farm: 8.2 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 9.9 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 10.5 mi
- Durand Lake: 10.8 mi
- Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 11.1 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Elephant Head: 2.2 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Zeacliff: 7.1 mi
- Whites Ledge: 11.4 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 0.8 mi
- Nancy Brook Research Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Simone Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Sandquist Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Agnew State Forest: 9.5 mi
- Gibbs Falls: 1.9 mi
- Flume Cascade: 2.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 3.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 3.7 mi
- Ripley Falls: 4.7 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 4.3 mi
- ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 9.2 mi
- Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 12.0 mi
- Roar-o-Saurus: 12.0 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 10.7 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 13.8 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 14.5 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 16.2 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 16.5 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 3.1 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 5.7 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 10.0 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 10.6 mi
- Willey House: 3.5 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Ravine House Site: 10.9 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 11.4 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 16.6 mi
- Conway Lake Public Beach: 22.8 mi
- Geneva Beach: 22.8 mi
- Pleasant Point Town Beach: 22.9 mi
- Porridge Shore Beach: 23.0 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 6.3 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 6.4 mi
- Peabody Spring: 7.1 mi
- lower falls: 15.8 mi
- Liberty Spring: 15.9 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 17.3 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 20.9 mi
- Tree Harp: 20.9 mi
- Sunflowers: 21.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 16.3 mi
- The Basin, West: 17.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 17.3 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 18.9 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 20.6 mi
- Livermore: 10.5 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Mount Pierce. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | NE 46° | 1,917 m | 4.3 mi |
| Ball Crag | NE 45° | 1,843 m | 4.6 mi |
| Agiocochook Crag | NE 45° | 1,748 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Adams | NNE 29° | 1,748 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | NNE 24° | 1,725 m | 5.9 mi |
| Nelson Crag | NE 47° | 1,708 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Clay | NNE 31° | 1,684 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | NNE 26° | 1,682 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:49 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:22 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 43 | 31 | 21 | 12 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Washington, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872495 — Mount Pierce, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357730582
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