Owls Head, New Hampshire

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4025 ft / 1227 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	44° 8' 39'' N, 71° 36' 18'' W 44.144081, -71.605039 (Dec Deg) 291647 E 4891176 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Hampshire
County/Second Level Region	Grafton
City/Town	Franconia
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Owls Head":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      "Owl's Head Mountain" (Peak above Owl's Head) at SummitPost.org      Owls Head Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Owl s Head Franconia New Hampshire at Mountain-Forecast.com      Pt. 4025 at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Owls Head:      New Hampshire 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #43)      New England 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #60)      AMC New Hampshire 4000-footers (Rank #43)      Northeast USA 4000-foot Peaks (Rank #99)      AMC New England 4000-footers (Rank #59)      Northeast "115" 4000-footers (Rank #102)      Trailwright New Hampshire 4000 footers (Rank #66)      AMC New England Hundred Highest (Rank #59)      New England 3700-foot Peaks (Rank #60)      New Hampshire 3500-foot Peaks (Rank #43)      YMCA Alpine Club List (NH) (Rank #53) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        AMC White Mountain Guide, 28th Edition (Smith, Daniell)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 961      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 840) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1997-10-04 by Chip Carpenter      2009-06-23 by Derek S (GPS Track)      2009-07-25 by Will Hoyt      2009-10-24 by Monica Trust (Unsuccessful)      2011-07-16 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track)      2011-07-28 by Desiree James      2011-07-31 by Tony Rachupka      2011-11-11 by Dave Dunham      2012-09-09 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track)      2012-09-23 by Ryan Aschbrenner      2013-02-03 by Matt DiFrancesco (GPS Track)      2013-06-15 by Evan B      2013-06-29 by Isaiah Knight      2013-07-04 by Matthew Nelson      2013-09-07 by Michael Berger (GPS Track)      2013-11-09 by Kaerstin Quinlan (GPS Track)      2014-06-20 by Wayne Snyder      2014-07-21 by Spencer Corcoran      2014-10-04 by Arthur Caverly      2015-03-07 by Alan Bernier (Unsuccessful)      2016-10-01 by Michael Stonek (GPS Track)      2018-08-03 by Raven Matherne (GPS Track)      2018-08-25 by Matthew Maurer (GPS Track)      2019-02-23 by Richard Hambrick (GPS Track)      2019-07-27 by Jake Campbell (GPS Track)      2019-08-17 by Jayson H (GPS Track)      2019-12-29 by Floyd Greenwood      2020-06-21 by Charles Marshall (GPS Track)      2020-07-12 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track)
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4000 ft peak - officialy named White Mountain National Forest

Cairn on top of Owls Head (2014-06-20). Photo by Wayne Snyder. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 825 ft/252 m   Optimistic Prominence: 865 ft/264 m   Line Parent: Mount Lafayette   Key Col: 3200 ft/975 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.59 mi/2.56 km    Isolation Limit Point: 44.1475, -71.6367 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Lincoln  (W)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Northern U.S. Appalachians Range4: White Mountains Range5: Franconia Area Range6: Franconia Range
Drainage Basins	Pemigewasset Merrimack Atlantic-Eastern USA Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: White Mountain National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Pemigewasset Wilderness Area
Topo Map	South Twin Mountain O44071b5 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Franconia Ridge (Flume, Liberty, Little Haystack, Lincoln, Truman, and Lafayette), Garfield, and Owl's Head from Osceola (2006-09-27). Photo by Rian Laub. Click here for larger-size photo.

Franconia Ridge and Owl's Head from West Bond (2010-09-20). Photo by Rian Laub. Click here for larger-size photo.

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