Mount Garfield
Mt. Garfield as seen from Mt. Guyot, August 2009.
Highest point
Elevation4480+ ft (1366+ m)[1]
Prominence800 ft (240 m)[1]
ListingWhite Mountain 4000-Footers
Coordinates44°11′13″N 71°36′39″W / 44.1870091°N 71.6109154°W / 44.1870091; -71.6109154[2]
Geography
LocationGrafton County, New Hampshire, U.S.
Parent rangeWhite Mountains
Topo mapUSGS South Twin Mountain

Mount Garfield is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the White Mountains. Mt. Garfield is flanked to the east by South Twin Mountain, and to the southwest along Garfield Ridge by Mount Lafayette.

The south faces of Garfield drain into the Franconia Branch of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, through the Pemigewasset Wilderness, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts. The north faces of Garfield drain into the north and south branches of the Gale River, thence into the Ammonoosuc and Connecticut rivers, and into Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, runs along the ridge, across the summit of Garfield.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Garfield, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  2. "Mount Garfield". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
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