The Horn
The Horn rises to 1,168 m in New Hampshire. Mount Cabot stands 1,258 m to the southwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bulge, a peak 0.5 miles away. Woodland Heritage Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 251 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
The Horn is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. The Horn is flanked to the southwest by the Bulge. The Horn stands within the watershed of the Upper Ammonoosuc River, which drains into the Connecticut River, and thence into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The south face of the Horn drains into the headwaters of the West Branch of the Upper Ammonoosuc River. The northwest face of the Horn drains north, thence into the West Branch of Mill Brook, and into the Upper Ammonoosuc. Unknown Pond lies to the northeast of the mountain and provides an excellent view of the peak. The open ledges on the summit face west, however, so it is difficult to see the pond from the top of the mountain. Because of The Horn's location in the northern White Mountains and its distance—5 miles (8.0 km)—from the nearest road, it is much less visited than other comparable summits in the White Mountains.
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Wikidata Q7740286, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,168 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 7.7 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 7.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Moose Path Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Stark Covered Bridge · 6 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 11 mi
- Lila's Ledge · 19 mi
- Ladies’ Lookout · 20 mi
251 named places within 25 miles
- The Bulge: 0.5 mi
- Mount Cabot: 1.1 mi
- Pilot Ridge Southeast Peak: 1.5 mi
- Pilot Ridge: 2.1 mi
- Terrace Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lost Nation Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Northumberland Watershed Forest: 5.4 mi
- Devil's Slide State Forest: 6.5 mi
- Lancaster Town Forest: 7.0 mi
- Upper Ammonoosuc River Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- Eames Wayside Area: 8.0 mi
- Colonel Town Recreation Park: 8.5 mi
- Guildhall Square: 8.6 mi
- Soldier Park: 8.6 mi
- Milan Hill State Park: 9.5 mi
- Ho Ho Ho H20: 7.8 mi
- Rudys Rapid Transit: 7.8 mi
- Hot Shots Fire Brigade: 7.9 mi
- Rudolph: 7.9 mi
- play structure: 7.9 mi
- Crystal Falls: 7.9 mi
- Gordon Fall: 11.7 mi
- Salroc Fall: 12.0 mi
- Tama Fall: 12.0 mi
- Coosauk Fall: 12.5 mi
- P7: 11.7 mi
- P1: 11.7 mi
- P8: 11.7 mi
- P2: 11.7 mi
- P9: 11.7 mi
- Camp Stark: 7.0 mi
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp: 7.0 mi
- Vermont Major cross-state route: 11.0 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Ravine House Site: 11.3 mi
- Jefferson Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
- Lancaster Historical Society: 8.8 mi
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum: 9.6 mi
- Moffett House Museum: 11.3 mi
- Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 14.3 mi
- Devils Slide: 6.1 mi
- Elephant Head: 21.0 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 21.1 mi
- Wild River Crag: 23.3 mi
- Zeacliff: 23.6 mi
- Peabody Spring: 14.6 mi
- Spaulding Spring: 14.9 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mountain fountain: 20.9 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 23.5 mi
- Tree Harp: 23.6 mi
- Sunflowers: 23.6 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 8.7 mi
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 11.4 mi
- Mount Orne Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Columbia Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Horn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Cabot | SW 221° | 1,258 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Waumbek | S 188° | 1,221 m | 6.0 mi |
| The Bulge | WSW 239° | 1,197 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mount Starr King | SSW 196° | 1,186 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Weeks | SSE 167° | 1,185 m | 4.0 mi |
| South Weeks Mountain | S 174° | 1,183 m | 5.3 mi |
| Middle Weeks Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,128 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hutchins Mountain | NW 308° | 1,122 m | 3.4 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 | 20:35 |
| 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 | 14 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 51 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 21 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — York Pond, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 870384 — The Horn, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357728191
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