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Mount Tom

Mount Tom, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tom rises to 1,234 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Avalon, a peak 1.0 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

Mount Tom is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of the height of land of Crawford Notch. The mountain is named after Thomas Crawford, whose family ran three inns in Crawford Notch in the first half of the nineteenth century. Mount Tom is part of the Willey Range of the White Mountains. Tom is flanked to the south by Mount Field. Mt. Tom is drained on the east by Crawford Brook and on the west by the Zealand River. Both are tributaries of the Ammonoosuc River, which drains into the Connecticut and thence into Long Island Sound. From 1829 until about 1850, Tom Crawford was the innkeeper at the Notch House, which was located at the top of the Notch. Around 1850, Tom Crawford started to build a larger hotel and ran into financial difficulty. Forced to sell out, he left the Notch at that time. The hotel he started became the Crawford House. An alpine ski area associated with Tom Corcoran and the Crawford House was proposed for the northern slope of the mountain in the early 1970s.

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Wikidata Q6924141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1234 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.21054, -71.44623

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs
Nature reserves
Parks: 59
  • Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 8.3 mi
  • Prospect Farm: 12.1 mi
  • Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 12.2 mi
  • Randolf Springs Town Park: 12.4 mi
  • Franconia Notch State Park: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Flume Cascade: 2.2 mi
  • Gibbs Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Zealand Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Thoreau Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 44
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 20
Historic sites: 13
Springs: 8
  • Gulfside Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Peabody Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 11.9 mi
  • lower falls: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Echo Lake Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 22.0 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 22.3 mi
  • Geneva Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Boulder Beach: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Boise Rock: 12.1 mi
  • The Basin, West: 13.2 mi
  • The Basin, East: 13.2 mi
  • Littleton Rest Area: 22.6 mi
  • Vermont Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Tree Harp: 17.5 mi
  • Pollyanna Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Sunflowers: 17.6 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 20.1 mi
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Mount Tom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonENE 60°1,917 m8.2 mi
Boott SpurENE 69°1,664 m8.1 mi
Mount MonroeENE 63°1,617 m6.9 mi
Little MonroeENE 63°1,567 m6.7 mi
Mount FranklinENE 65°1,516 m6.3 mi
South Twin MountainWSW 254°1,491 m5.6 mi
Gulf PeakENE 75°1,455 m8.0 mi
North Twin MountainW 264°1,452 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0319:4920:34
September equinox06:3418:0718:45
December solstice07:1915:2316:10

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357730949

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