Wildcat Mountain
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
- 1.8 mi off the Presidential Range Tour
- 8.6 mi off the Woodland Heritage Trail
- 9.0 mi off the Moose Path Trail
- 9.5 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Overlooks nearby
- Square. Ledge · 2 mi
- Lila's Ledge · 2 mi
- Ladies’ Lookout · 2 mi
- Lookout Ledge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat B: 0.3 mi
- Wildcat C: 0.7 mi
- Carter Dome: 1.2 mi
- Wildcat D: 1.3 mi
- Little Wildcat Mountain: 1.3 mi
- 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
- Sandquist Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Simone Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Dundee Community Forest - Doubletree Tract: 6.8 mi
- Old Pinkham Farm: 7.3 mi
- Tin Mountain Conservation Center: 7.9 mi
- Thompson Falls: 1.6 mi
- Glen Ellis Falls: 2.7 mi
- Crystal Cascades Falls: 2.8 mi
- Salmacis Fall: 7.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 7.2 mi
- Wild River Crag: 7.4 mi
- Bugle Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Elephant Head: 10.6 mi
- Frankenstein Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Whites Ledge: 11.4 mi
- 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
- Glen Ellis Scenic Area: 2.7 mi
- Dolly Copp Picnic Ground: 4.6 mi
- P5: 9.9 mi
- P6: 9.9 mi
- P4: 9.9 mi
- Memorial Boulders: 7.9 mi
- Ravine House Site: 9.1 mi
- Jarhead Motorcycle Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Willey House: 11.1 mi
- Jimmy Mersereau: 15.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Laura Lee Viger Community Gardens: 14.3 mi
- Lancaster Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Hannes Schneider: 14.7 mi
- Bethel's Civil War Soldier Monument: 22.8 mi
- Sabatis Island Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Boise Rock: 24.7 mi
- Livermore: 15.5 mi
- Sunday River Covered Bridge: 23.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | W 279° | 1,917 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ball Crag | WNW 282° | 1,843 m | 5.0 mi |
| Agiocochook Crag | WNW 287° | 1,748 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Adams | NW 314° | 1,748 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Jefferson | WNW 299° | 1,725 m | 6.5 mi |
| Nelson Crag | WNW 289° | 1,708 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Clay | WNW 288° | 1,684 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Sam Adams | NW 312° | 1,682 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:48 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 38 | 50 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 23 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinkham Notch, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 872940 — Wildcat Mountain, Coos County, New Hampshire.
OpenStreetMap element node/357731054
Day trips start here
- Bridgton · 29 mi
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