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The Presidential Range is a mountain range located in the White Mountains of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. Containing the highest peaks of the Whites , its most notable summits are named for American presidents , followed by prominent public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Presidential Traverse is a strenuous and sometimes dangerous trek over the Presidential Range of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Contained almost entirely in the 750,000-acre (3,000 km 2) White Mountain National Forest, the Presidential Range is a string of summits in excess of 4,000 feet (1,200 m). To complete the traverse, one must begin ...
The Buckeye Trail is a 1,444-mile (2,324 km) [1] hiking trail and long-distance trail that loops around the state of Ohio. Part of it is on roads and part is on wooded trail . Road portions of the trail are gradually being relocated to separate trail.
Mount Monroe is a 5,372-foot-high (1,637 m) mountain peak southwest of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, United States.It is named for American President James Monroe and is the fourth highest mountain on the 4000 footers list for New Hampshire.
Mount Jefferson has a direct ascent along the Caps Ridge Trail, whose base, Jefferson Notch, is the highest point of any public road in New Hampshire at 3,009 feet (917 m). This route, gaining only 2,700 feet (823 m) vertically to the summit, results in it having the least distance of ascent of any Presidential mountain (about 2.5 miles).
This part of the trail is frequently bypassed by following the ski area's Polecat Trail to the summit of D Peak. [37] The Appalachian Trail, which extends over 2,150 miles (3,460 km) from Georgia to Maine, [38] runs along the Presidential Range before crossing the notch and ascending to the summits of the Wildcat Range. [39]
Quandary Peak is the highest summit of the Tenmile Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America and is the most commonly climbed fourteener in Colorado. [6] It has nearly the same elevation as Castle Peak and Mount Blue Sky. It lies in Summit County and within the White River National Forest about 6 miles (10 km) south-southwest of the town of ...
The North Country Trail begins near Garrison Dam at Lake Sakakawea State Park, North Dakota. The North Country Trail spends about 453 miles (729 km) in North Dakota. The trail begins at Lake Sakakawea State Park in Mercer County, following footpaths in the state park (including a junction with the Lewis and Clark Trail and a crossing of US Highway 83) and then a series of roads until reaching ...