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Wildcat Mountain

Wildcat Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Wildcat Mountain rises to 1,340 m in New Hampshire. Mount Washington stands 1,917 m to the west, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat B, a peak 0.3 miles away. Presidential Range Tour passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

Wildcat Mountain is a mountain located in Coos County, northern New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is part of the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains, on the east side of Pinkham Notch. Wildcat Mountain faces Carter Dome across Carter Notch to the northeast, and Mount Washington across Pinkham Notch to the west. Wildcat Mountain has five summits — A, B, C, D, and E — along Wildcat Ridge, which curves two miles (3.2 km) to the south and west. Both A, at 4,422 feet (1,348 m), and D, at 4,062 feet (1,238 m), are considered "four-thousand footers". B, with an elevation of 4,305 feet (1,312 m), and C, at 4,285 feet (1,306 m), lack the topographic prominence to be considered more than subpeaks of Wildcat A. Likewise, the E peak, at 4,046 feet (1,233 m), is considered to be a subpeak of the D peak (the E peak was formerly believed to be the higher of the two, and used to appear on the official list of four-thousand footers, but current topographic maps reveal the D peak to be the higher summit). The Appalachian Trail, which extends over 2,170 miles (3,490 km) from Georgia to Maine, climbs up from the Appalachian Mountain Club's Joe Dodge Lodge in Pinkham Notch and traverses the summits of the Wildcat Ridge, continuing on to Carter Dome. The Wildcat Mountain Ski Area is one of the best-known alpine skiing resorts in New England, with lifts from the base on NH Route 16 in Pinkham Notch 2,112 ft (644 m) up to the D summit. The area has 49 trails on 225 acres (0.91 km2), including Polecat Trail—the longest ski trail in New Hampshire. The Wildcat Valley Trail, an ungroomed cross-country ski trail, leads from the summit down to Jackson, New Hampshire, dropping 3,240 ft (990 m) in 11.1 miles (17.9 km). Cut in 1972, it is one of the best-known routes in the extensive trail system maintained by the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation.

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Wikidata Q8001021, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1340 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.25920, -71.20161

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Prospect Farm: 3.1 mi
  • William H. Peek Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
  • Gorham Common: 9.0 mi
  • Durand Lake: 9.0 mi
  • Mossy Glen: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 44
Cliffs: 37
Attractions: 34
  • ZipRider Wildcat Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Washington Observatory: 5.1 mi
  • Eggs-traordinary Farm Tractors: 9.9 mi
  • Roar-o-Saurus: 9.9 mi
  • Nor'Easter Mountain Coaster: 12.3 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 16
  • Museum of White Mountain Art / Jackson Historical Society: 7.8 mi
  • Gorham Historical Society & Railroad Museum: 8.9 mi
  • MWOBs Admin Office: 14.5 mi
  • Conway Railroad Museum: 14.8 mi
  • New England Ski Museum: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Pleasant Point Town Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Beach Area #1: 18.7 mi
  • Beach Area #2: 19.0 mi
  • Fiddlehead Campground: 19.0 mi
  • Conway Lake Public Beach: 20.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peabody Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Gulfside Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Spaulding Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Deer Hill Spring: 10.9 mi
  • lower falls: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
  • Lancaster Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Sabatis Island Rest Area: 23.7 mi
  • Boise Rock: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Wildcat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WashingtonW 279°1,917 m5.1 mi
Ball CragWNW 282°1,843 m5.0 mi
Agiocochook CragWNW 287°1,748 m4.7 mi
Mount AdamsNW 314°1,748 m6.1 mi
Mount JeffersonWNW 299°1,725 m6.5 mi
Nelson CragWNW 289°1,708 m4.4 mi
Mount ClayWNW 288°1,684 m5.9 mi
Mount Sam AdamsNW 312°1,682 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0219:4820:33
September equinox06:3318:0618:44
December solstice07:1815:2116:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F161826385059646356453323
Precip in5.34.34.95.75.55.95.55.15.07.85.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872940 — Wildcat Mountain, Coos County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357731054

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