Mount Jackson (New Hampshire)

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Mount Jackson is a mountain in Coos County in New Hampshire. The mountain was named in the 19th century by Charles Thomas Jackson, a geologist in New Hampshire and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. In the north of the mountain is Mount Pierce, Mount Webster in the southwest.

The Appalachian Trail, a 3500 km long National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses the summit, where it passes over the ridge of the Presidential Range from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington. Mount Jackson is located west of the Dry River Wilderness.