Mount Willey
Mount Willey rises to 1,293 m in New Hampshire. Boott Spur stands 1,664 m to the northeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Field, a peak 1.1 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mount Willey is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Samuel Willey, Jr. (1766–1826) and his family, who in 1825 moved into a house in Crawford Notch. The family was killed a year later in August 1826 during a landslide. Mount Willey is part of the Willey Range of the White Mountains, of which it is the southernmost and second highest. It, along with Mount Field, forms the western wall of Crawford Notch. The summit is just outside the Crawford Notch State Park; it is at the northeast corner of the Pemigewasset Wilderness. Multiple hiking trails span through its area, including a portion of the Appalachian Trail. Higher elevations classify as a spruce-fir forest, hosting natural life commonly found in the White Mountains region. The north and east faces of Mount Willey drain directly into the Saco River, thence into the Gulf of Maine at Saco, Maine. The south and west sides drain into the North Fork of the Pemigewasset River, thence into the East Branch, the Pemigewasset River, Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q6924600, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,293 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 1.0 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 10.8 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Webster cliffs · 2 mi
- Bugle Cliff · 2 mi
- Elephant Head · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Field: 1.1 mi
- Mount Field West Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Willard: 1.5 mi
- Mount Avalon: 1.6 mi
- Mount Webster: 1.8 mi
- Bartlett Village Gazebo Park: 10.0 mi
- Morrell Family Community Complex: 10.5 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 10.5 mi
- Prospect Farm: 11.1 mi
- Randolf Springs Town Park: 13.6 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Elephant Head: 2.2 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Zeacliff: 3.7 mi
- Owl's Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Gibbs Brook Scenic Area: 3.4 mi
- Nancy Brook Research Natural Area: 4.9 mi
- Sawyer Pond Scenic Area: 9.5 mi
- Simone Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 10.5 mi
- Flume Cascade: 2.0 mi
- Ripley Falls: 2.0 mi
- Thoreau Falls: 2.7 mi
- Gibbs Falls: 2.8 mi
- Arethusa Falls: 2.9 mi
- Mount Washington Observatory: 8.4 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 8.5 mi
- ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 11.8 mi
- Attitash Alpine Slide: 12.2 mi
- Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 13.0 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 13.3 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Americana Museum: 16.1 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 3.9 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Sawyer Rock Picnic Ground: 8.8 mi
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 9.4 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Willey House: 1.1 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 13.1 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 10.2 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 10.4 mi
- Peabody Spring: 11.0 mi
- Liberty Spring: 12.1 mi
- lower falls: 14.6 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 13.6 mi
- Geneva Beach: 22.0 mi
- Boulder Beach: 22.2 mi
- Porridge Shore Beach: 22.2 mi
- Eidelweiss Beach: 22.3 mi
- Boise Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Basin, West: 13.6 mi
- The Basin, East: 13.6 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 17.7 mi
- Tree Harp: 19.4 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 19.4 mi
- Sunflowers: 19.5 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 22.9 mi
- Livermore: 7.8 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Mount Willey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boott Spur | NE 53° | 1,664 m | 7.9 mi |
| Mount Monroe | NE 45° | 1,617 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Monroe | NE 43° | 1,567 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Franklin | NE 44° | 1,516 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | W 273° | 1,491 m | 6.6 mi |
| Gulf Peak | ENE 58° | 1,455 m | 7.6 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | W 281° | 1,452 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Eisenhower | NE 41° | 1,449 m | 5.3 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 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:23 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357731065
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