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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.
Mount Lafayette is a 5,249-foot (1,600 m) [1] mountain at the northern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It lies in the town of Franconia in Grafton County, and appears on the New England Fifty Finest list of the most topographically prominent peaks in New England.
- 3,320 ft (1,010 m)
- Franconia Range
Jun 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.
Fire tower at summit. Belknap Mountain is a mountain located in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, south of Lake Winnipesaukee. Like the county, the mountain and the associated surrounding Belknap Mountains are named after Jeremy Belknap (1744–1798), a renowned preacher, historian, and author of The History of New Hampshire.
- 2,382 ft (726 m)
- USGS West Alton
#33 New England Fifty Finest: Coordinates: Geography; Location: Jaffrey / Dublin, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States: Geology; Age of rock: 400 million years: Mountain type: Littleton formation schist/ quartzite: Climbing; First ascent: 1725 by Captain Samuel Willard: Easiest route
- 3,165 ft (965 m)
- #33 New England Fifty Finest
- 2,150 ft (660 m)
Comprehending a general sketch of the American War. A Summary History of New-England is an 18th-century history book regarding New England by the American author, Hannah Adams. It was first published in Dedham, Massachusetts in 1799, by Herman Mann and James H. Adams, and followed her A View of Religions, which was published in 1784.
Mount Lafayette is a 5,249-foot mountain at the northern end of the Franconia Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It lies in the town of Franconia in Grafton County, and appears on the New England Fifty Finest list of the most topographically prominent peaks in New England.
