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Mount Lafayette, New Hampshire

Prominence: 3320 ft, 1012 m

Elevation: 5240+ feet, 1597+ meters

True Isolation: 17.23 mi, 27.73 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5240 - 5280 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 5240 ft / 1597 m (Range 5240 - 5280 ft)
Subpeaks	Mount Lafayette-North Peak (5040 ft/1536 m) Mount Truman (5000 ft/1524 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 9' 39'' N, 71° 38' 40'' W 44.16073, -71.644564 (Dec Deg) 288545 E 4893126 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Hampshire
County/Second Level Region	Grafton (Highest Point)
City/Town	Franconia (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Lafayette": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Lafayette at SummitPost.org Mount Lafayette at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Mount Lafayette at Mountain-Forecast.com Mount Lafayette at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Grafton, NH by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Grafton, NH by Roy Schweiker CoHP.org Trip Report for Grafton, NH by Shannon Dillmore Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Lafayette: New Hampshire 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #6) New England 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #7) AMC New Hampshire 4000-footers (Rank #6) Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #8) AMC New England 4000-footers (Rank #7) Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #8) Trailwright New Hampshire 4000 footers (Rank #12) Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence (Rank #9) New Hampshire County Prominence Peaks (Rank #2) New Hampshire County High Points (Rank #2) New England 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #7) AMC New England Hundred Highest (Rank #7) New Hampshire 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #6) YMCA Alpine Club List (NH) (Rank #8) Northeast USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #5) USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #34) Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #9) New England Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #4) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #29) New Hampshire Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #2) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak: AMC White Mountain Guide, 28th Edition (Smith, Daniell)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 3406 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 2932) Selected Trip Reports: 1951-08-20 by Frederick Johnson 2007-04-22 by Diane Mancino 2007-06-30 by Paul Rago 2007-10-13 by Monica Trust 2009-09-04 by Kevin Tilton 2009-09-26 by Matthew Nelson 2010-07-20 by Daniel Griffin 2010-10-30 by Gary McMeekin (Unsuccessful) 2011-03-12 by Michael Blair 2011-07-27 by Ryan Aschbrenner 2011-09-11 by Matt DiFrancesco 2011-10-15 by Jerome Djé (GPS Track) 2012-02-10 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track) 2012-06-24 by JF Theroux (GPS Track) 2012-07-18 by Spencer Corcoran 2012-08-14 by Gabriel C 2013-05-26 by Caroline Desrosby 2013-07-13 by Gregory Rada (GPS Track) 2013-08-17 by Chris Stempek (GPS Track) 2013-09-29 by Kevin Klasman (GPS Track) 2013-10-05 by Steve Blanchette 2014-04-07 by Megan Cheney (Unsuccessful) 2014-06-07 by Chris Calabrese 2014-09-13 by Spencer Corcoran 2014-10-11 by Jamie Perkins (GPS Track) 2015-05-16 by Glenn Sullivan (GPS Track) 2015-05-24 by Jill Conroy 2015-07-25 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track) 2015-09-08 by Wesley Barry (GPS Track) 2016-01-09 by David Darby (GPS Track) 2016-02-26 by Sylvain Louhaur (GPS Track) 2016-07-23 by Sylvain Louhaur (GPS Track) 2016-08-20 by Wayne Snyder (GPS Track) 2016-10-11 by Scott Dresser (GPS Track) 2017-06-11 by Kevin Swenson (GPS Track) 2017-07-21 by Kevin Spillman 2017-08-26 by Will Durgin (GPS Track) 2017-09-02 by David Sena (GPS Track) 2017-09-16 by Justin Metzger 2017-11-04 by Floyd Greenwood 2018-08-25 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track) 2018-10-06 by Bruce Adams (GPS Track) 2019-06-17 by Jason Sorens (GPS Track) 2020-06-25 by Jason Rossman (GPS Track) 2020-07-25 by Map Man (GPS Track) 2020-09-21 by Gustav Sexauer 2021-01-31 by Jeremy Knopp 2021-09-11 by Map Man 2022-02-26 by Map Man 2022-06-04 by Collin Sweeney
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Mount Lafayette is the monarch of the vast Franconia Region and second most prominent peak in both the White Mountains and New Hampshire. It anchors the second largest above-treeline area in the Whites, lying at the north end of the long, sharp, rocky crest of the Franconia Ridge. It's summit is a very popular hiking destination, and Interstate 93 runs right along the western base of the peak.

Looking south from the summit of Mount Lafayette at the spectacular crest of the Franconia Ridge (1981-07-10).

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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 3320 ft/1012 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 3400 ft/1036 m
  Line Parent: Mount Monroe
  Key Col: Crawford Notch    1920 ft/585 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 17.23 mi/27.73 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 44.255, -71.3233
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Monroe  (ENE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians
Range4: White Mountains
Range5: Franconia Area (Highest Point)
Range6: Franconia Range (Highest Point)

Ridges/Divides

White Mountain Crest

Drainage Basins

Pemigewasset (HP)
Merrimack (HP)
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ammonoosuc
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: White Mountain National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Pemigewasset Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Franconia O44071b6 1:24,000

Route #1

Maintained Hiking Trail: Appalachian Trail

Data Source

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Monica Trust on Mount Lafayette, her first backpacking trip. Looks cold! (2007-10-13). Photo by Monica Trust.
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At summit (2014-04-19). Photo by Richard Bedard.
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Franconia Ridge from Mt Moosilauke (2007-11-11).
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Franconia Ridge and Owl's Head from West Bond (2010-09-20).
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Overlooking the Pemigewasset Wilderness (2015-06-24). Photo by Vic Stashewsky.
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An undercast below the summit of Lafayette (2014-12-14). Photo by Josh Brooks.
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View of Lafayette (center-left, high peak), Truman (small rise in ridge in front of Lafayette) and Garfield (right, in distance) from the top of Lincoln looking north along Franconia Ridge (2016-10-11). Photo by Scott Dresser.
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Left to right: Mt. Lafayette Mt. Truman Mt. Lincoln (2017-01-05). Photo by Felix Garon.
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Mount Lafayette from Old Bridle Path trail (1970-08-21). Photo by Dan Moore.
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Clouded summit of Lafayette (2020-06-10). Photo by Sean Taylor.
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