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Mount Wonalancet

Mount Wonalancet, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Wonalancet rises to 845 m in New Hampshire. North Tripyramid stands 1,274 m to the northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Hibbard Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Kancamagus Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

The story

Mount Wonalancet is a 2,760 ft (840 m) mountain in the town of Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, overlooking the unincorporated communities of Wonalancet and Ferncroft. It is named after Wonalancet, a 17th-century sachem of the Pennacook, a Native American people. Mount Wonalancet lies in Grafton County, immediately west of the Carroll County border, the county in which Ferncroft and Wonalancet are located. To its immediate north and sharing the same massif is Hibbard Mountain. The pair lie between popular Mount Chocorua to the east, 4,000-foot (1,200 m) Mount Passaconaway to the north, and Mount Whiteface to the west. Along with Mount Paugus, due east, the group makes up the easternmost mountains of the Sandwich Range, the southernmost of the White Mountains. To the south, the Sandwich Range is bordered by the Ossipee Mountains immediately north of Lake Winnipesaukee. The most popular access is via the Mast Trail out of the Ferncroft parking area.

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Wikidata Q34928387, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
845 m

How to reach it

Coordinates43.92688, -71.37648

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Cliffs
  • Overhang: 2.2 mi
  • Nickerson Ledge: 6.8 mi
  • Greens Cliff: 7.5 mi
  • Greens Cliff: 7.6 mi
  • K1 Cliff: 7.8 mi
Parks
  • Remick Park: 6.1 mi
  • Sunshine Park: 8.6 mi
  • Quimby Field: 8.9 mi
  • Everrett Field: 9.0 mi
  • Sandwich Notch Park: 9.0 mi
Waterfalls: 54
  • Great Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Sabbaday Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Fletcher Cascades: 5.5 mi
  • Champney Falls: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 30
Beaches: 30
Historic sites: 28
Museums: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Frog Rock: 14.9 mi
  • Hannes Schneider: 16.0 mi
  • Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 19.4 mi
  • #20 / Nova: 19.5 mi
  • #23 / Red Wing: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 4
  • Elliott Spring: 3.6 mi
  • lower falls: 8.9 mi
  • Liberty Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Ken Kasarjian Community Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Peace Garden: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Mount Wonalancet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North TripyramidNW 314°1,274 m4.6 mi
Middle TripyramidNW 309°1,262 m4.1 mi
South TripyramidNW 306°1,250 m4.0 mi
Mount PassaconawayN 354°1,225 m1.9 mi
Mount WhitefaceWNW 293°1,217 m1.7 mi
Sandwich MountainWSW 253°1,215 m6.3 mi
Sandwich DomeWSW 253°1,206 m6.3 mi
West SleeperWNW 303°1,183 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0419:4820:32
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1815:2416:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F171827405161666457453424
Precip in3.93.24.34.64.25.24.84.44.25.64.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville Valley Nepp, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872965 — Mount Wonalancet, Grafton County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357731090

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