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Mount Whittier

Mount Whittier, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Whittier rises to 676 m in New Hampshire. Mount Shaw stands 911 m to the south, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lakes Region Tour passes 1.5 miles off.

The story

Mount Whittier is a mountain in Carroll County, New Hampshire, in the northern Ossipee Mountains. Named after John Greenleaf Whittier, the peak is not to be confused with nearby Nickerson Mountain, which was once known as Mount Whittier. There are no hiking trails on Mount Whittier. There was once a CCC alpine ski trail on the northern face.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6924577, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
676 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.80897, -71.25847

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • White Lake State Park: 2.7 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 5.8 mi
  • Castle in the Clouds: 6.3 mi
  • Kennett Park: 6.9 mi
  • Remick Park: 7.3 mi
Cliffs
Beaches: 43
Waterfalls: 28
  • Roaring Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Twin Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Whittier Falls: 6.2 mi
  • The Cascades: 6.3 mi
  • Emerald Pool Falls: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 22
Museums: 22
  • Loon Center: 8.2 mi
  • Madison Historical Society and Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Sandwich Historical Society: 8.9 mi
  • Libby Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Salyards Museum: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Frog Rock: 8.1 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 15.8 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 15.8 mi
  • #27 / Black Sail: 15.8 mi
  • #26 / Stone Sail: 15.9 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Peace Garden: 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
  • Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 18.8 mi
  • Campton Day Use Area: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Whittier. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ShawS 190°911 m4.6 mi
Black SnoutS 188°854 m5.1 mi
Faraway MountainSW 219°848 m4.2 mi
Black Snout MountainWSW 243°812 m3.9 mi
Mount RobertsSW 223°782 m5.0 mi
Bald MountainSW 214°742 m0.7 mi
Mount FlaggS 176°728 m4.5 mi
Turtleback MountainSSW 199°668 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0419:4720:31
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1715:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F182029415362676557453525
Precip in3.73.34.04.63.84.64.84.04.35.74.64.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tamworth 4, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357728966

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