Ragged Mountain (New Hampshire)

Ragged Mountain seen with Bulkhead, from Elbow Pond in Andover from

The Ragged Mountain is a mountain zweigipfeliger between Danbury and Andover, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Its height is 690 meters. He belongs to the Appalachian Mountains, in the strict sense to the highlands of New England, and is situated in the catchment area of ​​the Merrimack River, which discharges into Newburyport, Massachusetts to the Gulf of Maine. There is a ski area, which exists since 1968 and includes a golf course and a hotel on its northern side. About the Summit runs a hiking trail, the Sunapee - Ragged - Kearsarge Greenway. To the southeast lies the Bulkhead, a granite formation, formerly a nesting site for peregrine falcons. The state highway NH 104 is named Ragged Mountain Highway. It combines Danbury and the skiing area with I-93 near New Hampton.