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Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire

Prominence: 2130 ft, 649 m

Elevation: 3150+ feet, 960+ meters

True Isolation: 41.23 mi, 66.35 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 960 - 966 m (6-meter closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 3149 ft / 960 m (Range 960 - 966 m)
Local or Alternate Name(s)	Alternate: Grand Monadnock Alternate: Monadnock Mountain
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	42° 51' 40'' N, 72° 6' 30'' W 42.861117, -72.108292 (Dec Deg) 736236 E 4749449 N, Zone 18 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Hampshire
County/Second Level Region	Cheshire (Highest Point)
City/Town	Jaffrey
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 1950 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 1714) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2009-08-02 by Matthew Nelson 2009-09-05 by Spencer Corcoran 2010-06-20 by Yu-Pu Wang 2010-10-02 by Justin Crews 2011-05 by Ella C 2011-07-28 by Spencer Corcoran 2011-08-06 by Donald McQuade (GPS Track) 2011-08-12 by Kurt Phaneuf (GPS Track) 2011-10-08 by Ryan Aschbrenner 2011-11-13 by Dan S 2012-04-04 by David Natanis 2012-08-08 by David Cormier (GPS Track) 2012-10-20 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track) 2012-12-31 by Chris Stempek (GPS Track) 2013-05-04 by Spencer Corcoran 2013-07-18 by Spencer Corcoran 2014-01-04 by Michael Berger 2014-05-11 by Paul Blanchette 2014-05-31 by Wayne Snyder 2014-06-16 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track) 2014-09-26 by Jen Scovern (GPS Track) 2014-09-28 by Robert Larkin (GPS Track) 2014-10-05 by Robert Larkin (GPS Track) 2014-10-08 by Robert Larkin (GPS Track) 2014-10-19 by Jim Wilkinson (GPS Track) 2014-11-28 by Robert Larkin (GPS Track) 2015-06-27 by Ruud van den Boom (GPS Track) 2015-07-19 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2016-01-17 by Douglas Webber (GPS Track) 2016-09-25 by Sheila M. Chase 2017-12-19 by John Morrow 2018-04-11 by Teresa C (GPS Track) 2018-09-28 by Dennis Garboski Jr (GPS Track) 2019-03-23 by Richard Hambrick (GPS Track) 2019-05-04 by Gabriel C (GPS Track) 2019-05-18 by Gary Theriault (GPS Track) 2019-08-18 by Matthew Maurer (GPS Track) 2020-04-19 by Jayson H (GPS Track) 2020-12-05 by Evan Mugford 2021-01-30 by Pamela Kimball
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The ledgy, rocky summit area of Monadnock is often thronged with hundreds of hikers (1994-05-30).

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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 2130 ft/649 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 2169 ft/661 m
  Line Parent: Smarts Mountain
  Key Col: 1020 ft/311 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 41.23 mi/66.35 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 42.91349, -72.91736
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Haystack Mountain  (W)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians
Range4: New England Upland
Range5: Southern New Hampshire

Drainage Basins

Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Contoocook (HP)
Merrimack
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Topo Map

Monadnock Mountain O42072g1 1:25,000

Route #1

Maintained Hiking Trail: White Arrow Trail
Trailhead: 1500 ft/457 m
Vertical Gain: 1650 ft/503 m
Distance (one way): 3.05 mi/4.91 km

Data Source

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Other Photos

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A view of Grand Monadnock from Perkins Pond, (2011-06-19). Photo by Scott Wieman.
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Just to the northwest of the summit at Mount Monadnock (2014-09-28). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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A gorgeous view from the Cliff trail. Perfect early fall weather (2014-10-05). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Looking north from the summit (2014-10-08). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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I love it up here! (2014-10-12). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Just a really great look at the Spellman trail (2014-10-26). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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I'm not gonna lie. It was rainy, cold and windy and my daughter and I had a great time! (2014-11-06). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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My wife and I at the site of the Old Halfway house, just after our hike. (2014-11-09). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Jims Junction on Mount Monadnock (2014-09-07). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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Monadnock has some of the best views of any mountain I've hiked (2014-08-24). Photo by Robert Larkin.
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