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The New England Fifty Finest is a list of mountains in New England, United States, used in the mountaineering sport of peak bagging. The list comprises the 50 summits with the highest topographic prominence — a peak's height above the lowest contour which encloses that peak and no higher peak.
Old Speck Mountain, also known as Old Speckle Mountain, [3] is a mountain located in Oxford County, Maine, United States. [4] The mountain, the fourth-highest in the state, is the northeasternmost and highest of the Mahoosuc Range, the northeasternmost part of the White Mountains. Old Speck is flanked to the southwest by Mahoosuc Arm, and faces ...
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The word "monadnock" comes from the Abenaki language. It means something like "mountain that stands alone."
Mount Monadnock has many miles of clearly marked hiking trails. Two trails are most popular. The White Dot Trail, 2.2 miles (3.5 km) is the shortest but steepest way to the top. It starts from the Monadnock State Park headquarters and campground on the southeast side of the mountain. The White Arrow Trail, 2.3 miles (3.7 km) is the easier way to th...
125,000 hikers climb Monadnock each year.The four hour round trip to the top and back on one of the shorter trails may be challenging for the average hiker. Special skills or equipment are not needed from late spring to early fall. Climbing during winter and early spring requires special equipment, clothing, and preparation. Weather on the top of t...
Most of the mountain is protected and new buildings or roads are not allowed. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests owns most of the mountain area. Its Monadnock Reservation is over 4,000 acres (16 km2). The state and the town of Jaffreyalso own portions of the mountain.
NH Division of Parks & Recreation: Monadnock State Park Archived 2012-06-06 at the Wayback MachineMount Monadnock State Park Trail Map Archived 2012-05-27 at the Wayback MachineThe New England Fifty Finest list contains fifty mountains with topographic prominence between 1,820 feet and 6,150'. There is currently no patch available for hiking this list. Hike the New England fifty finest mountains. NEFF. new england 50 finest.
#MountainElevation In FeetState16,288NH25,268ME34,393VT45,249NHJun 29, 2018 · The New England Fifty Finest. As with the rest of the New England peakbagging lists, I climbed a bunch back in the day, but started anew as of meeting Hoang in 2000. 1. Mount Washington NH (6288 ft.) v.2002. 2. Mount Katahdin, Baxter Peak ME (5268 ft.) v.2003. 3.
45 New England Fifty Finest: Coordinates: Geography; Location: Piscataquis County, Maine, U.S. Topo map: USGS Big Spencer Mountain: Climbing; Easiest route: Hiking, class 1
New England Fifty Finest #40 New England 100 Highest #98: Coordinates: Geography; Location: Oxford County, Maine, U.S. Topo map: USGS Metallak Mountain, Maine: Climbing; Easiest route: trailless bushwhack
