South Twin Mountain
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South Twin Mountain rises to 1,491 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the west-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Galehead Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. White Mountain Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
South Twin Mountain is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is part of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. South Twin forms the high point of a north–south ridge, with North Twin Mountain lying approximately one mile to the north and Mount Guyot two miles (3.2 km) to the southeast. Galehead Mountain, a lower spur of South Twin, is to the west. The east face of South Twin drains into the Little River, thence into the Ammonoosuc and Connecticut Rivers, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The northwest slopes of South Twin drain to the North Branch of the Gale River, another tributary of the Ammonoosuc River. Southwest of South Twin Mountain is the valley of Twin Brook, which flows into the Franconia Branch of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, through the Pemigewasset Wilderness, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts. The summit of South Twin is open and rocky, but stands of spruce and fir trees grow in close proximity. The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the summit of South Twin, passing from Galehead Mountain (and Galehead Hut) to the west towards Mount Guyot to the southeast. The North Twin Trail proceeds north along the ridge crest to the summit of North Twin.
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Wikidata Q7568685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1491 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 5.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.7 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the River Heritage Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 6 mi
- Willey Brook Bridge Overlook · 7 mi
- Idlewilde View · 8 mi
- Elephant Head · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Galehead Mountain: 0.9 mi
- North Twin Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Southwest Twin: 1.1 mi
- Garfield Ridge East Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Guyot: 1.7 mi
- Zeacliff: 3.0 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Profile Cliff: 6.6 mi
- Hone Wall: 6.6 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 5.2 mi
- Profile Recreational Trail: 6.0 mi
- Ammonoosuc River Forest: 6.1 mi
- Cushman State Forest: 7.3 mi
- Johnson-Clark Nature Reserve: 8.7 mi
- Thirteen Falls: 2.6 mi
- Zealand Falls: 3.1 mi
- Thoreau Falls: 4.3 mi
- Franconia Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 6.4 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 7.1 mi
- Twin Mountain Fish Hatchery: 8.2 mi
- Bethlehem Town Park and Playground: 9.2 mi
- Gazebo Park: 9.4 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 9.5 mi
- Cog Railway Display: 5.8 mi
- Boise Rock: 6.6 mi
- The Basin: 7.8 mi
- Flume Gorge: 8.3 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 8.3 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Eisenhower Memorial Area: 7.3 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 6.5 mi
- New England Ski Museum: 6.8 mi
- Franconia Heritage Museum: 9.6 mi
- Robert Frost Museum: 10.2 mi
- Stone Iron Furnace Museum: 10.3 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Willey House: 7.7 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Mine Shaft: 15.2 mi
- Liberty Spring: 6.7 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 14.7 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 14.7 mi
- Peabody Spring: 15.4 mi
- Lac Littleton: 17.7 mi
- Boise Rock: 6.5 mi
- The Basin, West: 7.7 mi
- The Basin, East: 7.8 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 20.8 mi
- Tree Harp: 13.6 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 13.6 mi
- Sunflowers: 13.7 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 23.8 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 20.7 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
- Livermore: 11.8 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of South Twin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | WSW 247° | 1,600 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | WSW 239° | 1,551.12 m | 5.2 mi |
| North Lincoln | WSW 243° | 1,524 m | 5.0 mi |
| North Lafayette | WSW 252° | 1,519 m | 4.7 mi |
| North Twin Mountain | N 351° | 1,452 m | 1.0 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | SW 234° | 1,440 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Bond | SSE 154° | 1,432 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Guyot | SE 142° | 1,396 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:07 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:23 | 16:11 |
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 | 16 | 17 | 27 | 40 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethlehem 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357730793
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 28 mi
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