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Mount Monadnock State Park headquarters. Mount Monadnock is open to hiking, backpacking, picnicking, and snowshoeing. Backcountry skiing is possible on some of the lower trails. A seasonal campground east of the mountain is maintained by the state of New Hampshire, but camping is not allowed anywhere else on the mountain.
Monadnock State Park in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, United States, is a 1,017-acre (4.12 km 2) state park located on and around 3,165-foot (965 m) Mount Monadnock. The park is surrounded by thousands of acres of protected highlands. [2] The park is open to hiking, picnicking, camping, backpacking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. [3]
22150 (often unofficially referred to as Central Springfield, this is the zip code for the actual Springfield CDP itself.) 22151 (North Springfield) 22152 (West Springfield) 22153 (Burke/West Springfield/Newington Forest) The following are total area, water area, and land area statistics (in square miles) for the four Springfield zip codes: [4]
The Monadnock Region is a region in southwestern New Hampshire. It is named after Mount Monadnock , a 3,165 foot isolated mountain, which is the dominant geographic landmark in the region. Although it has no specific borders, the Monadnock Region is generally thought of comprising all of Cheshire County and the western portion of Hillsborough ...
It is about 1.3 miles (2.1 km) from the south parking lot to the middle summit and about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the north parking lot to the north summit. The middle and north summits are about one tenth of a mile apart. The parking lots were constructed and are maintained by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
Lovewell Mountain, located northeast of the town center and with an elevation of 2,496 feet (761 m), is the highest point in town. As Edwin A. Charlton writes in New Hampshire As It Is (1855), the mountain "received its name from Captain John Lovewell , who was accustomed to ascend it for the purpose of discovering the wigwams of the Indians ...
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Mt. Monadnock from Perkins Pond causeway on Route 124. The highest point in town is the south summit of Gap Mountain, at 1,900 feet (580 m) above sea level, near the eastern border. The summit of Mount Monadnock is 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the town in Jaffrey. Troy is crossed by New Hampshire Route 12 and New Hampshire Route 124.