Whaleback Mountain
Whaleback Mountain rises to 1,090 m in New Hampshire. Mount Lafayette stands 1,600 m to the north-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardwood Ridge, a peak 1.0 miles away. Kancamagus Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q34819862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1090 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Kancamagus Scenic Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the White Mountain Trail, National
- 5.1 mi off the River Heritage Tour
- 12.4 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Profiler Plaza · 6 mi
- Pemigewasset Overlook · 7 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 8 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardwood Ridge: 1.0 mi
- Potash Knob: 1.0 mi
- Big Coolidge Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Mount Flume: 1.6 mi
- Little Coolidge Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Kanc Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Cascade Park: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers Park: 5.1 mi
- White Mountain Motorsports Park: 6.4 mi
- Franconia Notch State Park: 6.9 mi
- Rachel Adams Memorial Forest: 3.4 mi
- Second Presidential State Forest: 4.2 mi
- Fay State Forest: 4.7 mi
- Fay State Forest: 4.8 mi
- Lafayette Brook Scenic Area: 5.9 mi
- Shining Rock Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Indian Head: 4.0 mi
- Moby Grape: 5.9 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Cannon Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Franconia Falls: 2.5 mi
- Avalanche Falls: 2.6 mi
- Georgiana Falls: 4.0 mi
- Harvard Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cloudland Falls: 4.2 mi
- Flume Gorge: 2.6 mi
- Table Rock Flume Brook: 2.8 mi
- Liberty Gorge: 3.0 mi
- Flume Gorge & Visitor Center: 3.1 mi
- The Basin: 3.9 mi
- Americana Museum: 4.2 mi
- Pemigewasset Hook & Ladder: 4.2 mi
- Avery's Garage: 4.2 mi
- Clark History Museum: 4.2 mi
- Old Man of the Mountain Museum: 6.4 mi
- Governor Gallen Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Nancy Pfannenstiehl: 11.1 mi
- Willey House: 12.7 mi
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Bath New Hampshire: 17.9 mi
- Fay Waside Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Mount Cleveland Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Beaver Brook Recreation Area: 11.0 mi
- Sabbaday Falls Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Zealand Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Liberty Spring: 2.5 mi
- Elliott Spring: 18.1 mi
- lower falls: 19.3 mi
- Lac Littleton: 19.8 mi
- Gulfside Spring: 21.6 mi
- Echo Lake Beach: 7.3 mi
- Sandwich Town Beach: 22.3 mi
- Bearcamp Beach: 22.6 mi
- Birch Beach: 24.2 mi
- Edna-Maude Beach: 24.2 mi
- The Basin, East: 3.8 mi
- The Basin, West: 4.0 mi
- Boise Rock: 5.4 mi
- Littleton Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
- Tree Harp: 16.9 mi
- Sunflowers: 17.0 mi
- Pollyanna Statue: 17.0 mi
- Local Boyscout Harold A. Webster Jr.: 23.0 mi
- Mary Bierbrier Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Peace Garden: 22.8 mi
- Livermore: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Whaleback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lafayette | NNW 346° | 1,600 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NNW 344° | 1,551.12 m | 4.4 mi |
| North Lincoln | NNW 345° | 1,524 m | 4.8 mi |
| North Lafayette | NNW 347° | 1,519 m | 5.6 mi |
| South Twin Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,491 m | 7.6 mi |
| Little Haystack Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,440 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Bond | NE 44° | 1,432 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Guyot | NE 37° | 1,396 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 19:50 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:24 | 16:12 |
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 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln Nepp, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357731035
Day trips start here
- Wentworth · 21 mi
- Ashland · 27 mi
- Center Harbor · 27 mi
- Fairlee · 29 mi
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