Mount Carrigain, White Mountain National Forest

Name: Mount Carrigain
Address: White Mountain National Forest, United States

#28 among attractions in White Mountain National Forest

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain, Trail

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Mount Carrigain is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Phillip Carrigain, NH Secretary of State, and is on the south side of the Pemigewasset Wilderness, the source of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in the heart of the White Mountains, between Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch. Carrigain is flanked to the northeast beyond Carrigain's Vose Spur by Mount Anderson and Mount Lowell across Carrigain Notch, and to the southwest by Mount Hancock. It has a fire tower at the summit, providing 360 degree views of the surrounding wilderness. ()

First ascent: 1857Elevation: 4683 ftProminence: 2223 ftCoordinates: 44°5'37"N, 71°26'48"W

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Mount Carrigain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Guyot, Mount Bond, Mount Hancock, Arethusa Falls.

6.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Guyot, White Mountain National Forest
172 min walk • Mount Guyot is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Professor Arnold H. Guyot of Princeton University, and is part of the Twin Range of the White Mountains.
5.9 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Bond, White Mountain National Forest
150 min walk • Mount Bond is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is named after Professor George P. Bond of Harvard University, and is the southernmost extension of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. Mount Bond is flanked to the north by Mount Guyot.
2.4 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hancock, White Mountain National Forest
62 min walk • Mount Hancock is a mountain in Grafton County, New Hampshire, named after John Hancock, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
4.8 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Arethusa Falls, Bartlett
124 min walk • Arethusa Falls is a waterfall in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. The waterfall occurs when the headwaters of Bemis Brook tumble over a granite cliff on the western slope of Crawford Notch.
4.3 miW
Natural attraction, Protected area
Pemigewasset Wilderness, White Mountain National Forest
109 min walk • The Pemigewasset Wilderness is a 45,000-acre federally designated Wilderness Area in the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains. It is a part of the White Mountain National Forest. It is New Hampshire's largest wilderness area.
2.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Nancy, White Mountain National Forest
74 min walk • Mount Nancy, formerly Mount Amorisgelu, is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, on the eastern boundary of the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountains. The mountain is the highest point and namesake of the Nancy Range. Mt.
5.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Tremont, White Mountain National Forest
134 min walk • Mount Tremont, elevation 3,371 feet, is a mountain in Carroll and Grafton counties in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It stands southwest of the town of Bartlett and directly south of Crawford Notch.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Mountain
Dry River, White Mountain National Forest
141 min walk • The Dry River is a 9.0-mile-long river in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Saco River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean in Maine.