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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. The list includes 20 peaks in Maine, 15 in Vermont, 14 in New Hampshire, and one in Massachusetts .
HIKING LIST: New England Fifty Finest (NE50F) The 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.
So what, you might ask, is meant by the "Fifty Finest Peaks"? "Fifty Finest" is an informal term used to list the fifty most "prominent" peaks in an area, in this case New England. And prominence, or specifically "topographic prominence" is a measure of how much a peak rises (topographically) from its neighbors, how much it "sticks out", so to speak.
The 'New England Fifty Finest' is a list of the 50 most prominent peaks in New England states. This list differs from most Northeast peak-bagging lists in that it's based on prominence rather than summit elevation.
RankSummit NameStateProminence1Mount WashingtonNew Hampshire6,150 ft2Mount KatahdinMaine4,290 ft3Mount MansfieldVermont3,640 ft4Mount LafayetteNew Hampshire3,360 ftThe New England Fifty Finest is a list of mountains in New England, 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. The list includes 20 peaks in Maine, 15 in Vermont, 14 in New Hampshire, and one in Massachusetts.
This list includes 50 New England peaks with highest prominence based on the Wikipedia List . Caribou (uncertain height) is the 51st peak. To find these peaks see a Google Map: New England 50 Finest - NH. New England 50 Finest - Maine. New England 50 Finest - Vermont.
List Description The New England Fifty Finest list contains fifty mountains with topographic prominence between 1,820 feet and 6,150'.
