Category: The White Mountains Notches

Notches of the White Mountains - Zealand Notch

Zealand Notch (el. 2457 ft./749 m.) is a mountain pass located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It is located in the towns of Bethlehem and Lincoln, near the northeastern corner of the Pemigewasset Wilderness. The center of the notch is traversed by hiking trails and is located approximately 2 miles from [...]

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Notches of the White Mountains -Carter Notch

Carter Notch (el. 3388 feet / 1033 m) is a high mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is traversed only by hiking trails. The notch is located within the White Mountain National Forest, in Coos County, New Hampshire. It is bordered to the west by Wildcat Mountain (4,422 ft/1,348 m), and to the [...]

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Notches of the White Mountains - Crawford Notch

Crawford Notch is the steep and narrow gorge of the Saco River in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located almost entirely within the town of Hart’s Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park.
The notch is at the upper or northern end of this gorge (constituting the extreme southern [...]

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Notches of the White Mountain -Pinkham Notch

Pinkham Notch (elevation 2032 ft. / 619 m) is a mountain pass in the White Mountains of north-central New Hampshire, United States. The notch is a result of extensive erosion by the Laurentide ice sheet during the Wisconsinian ice age. Pinkham Notch was eroded into a glacial U-shaped valley whose walls are formed by the [...]

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Notches of the White Mountains - Kinsman Notch

Kinsman Notch (el. 1870 ft./570 m.) is a mountain pass located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, United States. It is the westernmost of the major notches through the White Mountains (the others being Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, and Pinkham Notch). To the southeast, the valley of the notch is drained by the Lost [...]

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Notches of the White Mountains -Franconia Notch

Franconia Notch (el. 1950 ft. / 590 m.) is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Until 2003, it was dominated by the Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation whose profile had become a symbol of the state of New Hampshire. The notch is traversed by the Franconia Notch [...]

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