Mount Waumbek
Mount Waumbek rises to 1,221 m in New Hampshire. Mount Adams stands 1,748 m to the southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Starr King, a peak 0.8 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
Mount Waumbek is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains. Waumbek is flanked to the northeast by Mount Weeks, to the west by Mount Starr King, and to the southeast by Pliny Mountain (1099 m). Waumbek is drained by various brooks into the Israel River, and thence into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. Waumbek is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's "Four-thousand footers" and is located inside the White Mountain National Forest. The summit can be reached from U.S. Route 2 via the Starr King Trail, a segment of the Cohos Trail, from Jefferson village. The Starr King Trail climbs moderately to the summit of Mount Starr King where there used to be a lodge and then across the ridge to the wooded summit of Mount Waumbek. On some older maps it is shown as "Pliny Major" in the uninhabited township of Kilkenny. A colony of gregarious Canada jays lives near the summit of Starr King year-round. During the early 1960s, the northern flank of Waumbek was under consideration for a ski resort to be named Willard Basin Ski Area, but the project was terminated and the land conveyed to the federal government.
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Wikidata Q6924524, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1221 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 2.4 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.4 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lookout Ledge · 6 mi
- North Overlook · 8 mi
- Stark Covered Bridge · 12 mi
- Alpine Cascade · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Starr King: 0.8 mi
- South Weeks Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Pliny Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mount Joseph Whipple: 2.0 mi
- Randolph Community Forest: 4.2 mi
- Robert W. Durant Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Agnew State Forest: 6.1 mi
- Lancaster Town Forest: 7.7 mi
- Snyder Brook Scenic Area: 7.9 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 6.5 mi
- Durand Lake: 7.5 mi
- Mossy Glen: 7.8 mi
- Weeks State Park: 7.8 mi
- Soldier Park: 8.3 mi
- Gordon Fall: 7.8 mi
- Salroc Fall: 7.9 mi
- Tama Fall: 8.0 mi
- Chandler Fall: 8.4 mi
- Coosauk Fall: 8.7 mi
- Ho Ho Ho H20: 3.7 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 3.8 mi
- Hot Shots Fire Brigade: 3.8 mi
- Firehouse Game: 3.8 mi
- The Red Hot Racers: 3.8 mi
- P1: 9.6 mi
- P7: 9.6 mi
- P2: 9.6 mi
- P8: 9.6 mi
- P3: 9.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.0 mi
- Elephant Head: 15.1 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Zeacliff: 17.6 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 7.7 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 9.1 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 12.3 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Ravine House Site: 7.5 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 10.6 mi
- Mine Shaft: 11.0 mi
- Camp Stark: 12.9 mi
- Peabody Spring: 9.8 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 9.8 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lac Littleton: 23.7 mi
- Mountain fountain: 24.1 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 19.6 mi
- Tree Harp: 19.7 mi
- Sunflowers: 19.7 mi
- Boise Rock: 23.2 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
- Livermore: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Mount Waumbek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Adams | SE 141° | 1,748 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | SSE 151° | 1,725 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | SE 143° | 1,682 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Madison | SE 136° | 1,636 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Quincy Adams | SE 139° | 1,633 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Abigail Adams | SE 142° | 1,626 m | 9.4 mi |
| Adams Five | SE 146° | 1,590 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Cabot | N 2° | 1,258 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:21 | 16:09 |
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 | 17 | 19 | 28 | 41 | 53 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 46 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357728727
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