Presidential Range
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View of the Presidential Range from Mount Lafayette in July 2004
The Presidential Range is a mountain ridge in the White Mountains in Coös County in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.
The most notable peaks of the mountain range are named after famous Americans, public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries, or U.S. president.
Notable summit
The Presidential Range consists of the following peaks ( from southwest to northeast ):
- Mount Webster - named after Daniel Webster
- Mount Jackson * - after Charles Thomas Jackson named ( geologist in the 19th century)
- Mount Pierce * - named after Franklin Pierce (formerly Mount Clinton - named after DeWitt Clinton)
- Named after Dwight Eisenhower - Mount Eisenhower *
- Mount Franklin - named after Benjamin Franklin
- Mount Monroe * - named after James Monroe
- Mount Washington * - named after George Washington (General and later U.S. President )
- Mount Clay - named after Henry Clay (New Hampshire named to the mountain to Mount Reagan by Ronald Reagan, but the U.S. administration continues to use the old name )
- Named after Thomas Jefferson - Mount Jefferson *
- Mount Sam Adams - named after Samuel Adams
- Named after John Adams - Mount Adams *
- Mount Quincy Adams - named after John Quincy Adams
- Mount Madison * - named after James Madison
Mount Adams, in addition to its main peak four secondary peaks that do not have a common name; two, Mount Sam Adams and Mount John Quincy Adams, are listed above. The third and fourth are:
- 4 Adams (The name "Mount Abigail Adams " was suggested )
- Adams 5
With an asterisk (*) marked peaks are included in the peak -bagging list of Four -thousand footers Mountains in New Hampshire; others are not included because of insufficient height or technical criteria.
Other peaks
In addition to the notable peaks geological Presidential Range has a number of additional named peaks. Several of these peaks drain on its west side over the Dry River, are less accessible as the main peaks and less busy as the most visited ridge of the mountain range and can therefore be disregarded or referred to in the discussion of the whole at the end.
In addition to the summit of Mount Washington:
- Ball Crag ( 6,106 ft ( 1,861 m))
- Nelson Crag ( 5,620 ft ( 1,713 m))
- Boott track ( 5,500 ft ( 1,676 m))
To the north of Mount Washington:
- Mount Bowman ( 3,449 ft ( 1,051 m)) (Minor summit of Mount Jefferson )
South of Mount Washington:
- Engine Hill ( 3,100 ft ( 945 m))
- Maple Mountain ( 2,601 ft ( 793 m))
- Iron Mountain ( 2,726 ft (831 m))
- Montalban Ridge: Isolation Mount ( 4,004 ft ( 1,220 m)) *
- Mount Davis ( 3,819 ft ( 1,164 m))
- Stairs Mountain ( 3,463 ft ( 1,056 m))
- Mount resolution ( 3,415 ft ( 1,041 m))
- Mount Crawford ( 3,119 ft (951 m))
- Mount Hope ( 2,505 ft ( 764 m))
With an asterisk (*) marked peaks are included in the peak -bagging list of Four -thousand footers Mountains in New Hampshire; others are not included because of insufficient height or technical criteria.
Watershed
The Presidential Range separates the watershed of the Saco and Androscoggin Rivers, which flow into the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Maine, from the water catchment area of Israel and Ammonoosuc Rivers that flow into the Connecticut River, which flows into the Sound Long Iceland.
Show of strength
The so-called "Presidential Traverse " is a hiking competition which will be held at 19 mi (31 km) of the ridge, each main peak is involved along the way with, so that a difference in altitude of 8,500 ft ( 2,591 m) is formed. It can be played on a single summer day. During the winter of such crossings generally take two to four days, although experienced walkers can create the Wandererung in one long day with ideal weather conditions. Several rescues of lost, delayed or injured hikers have occurred during the crossing.