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Covered bridge near the Flume A hiking trail through Franconia Notch The Basin. Franconia Notch State Park is a public recreation area and nature preserve that straddles eight miles (13 km) of Interstate 93 as it passes through Franconia Notch, a mountain pass between the Kinsman Range and Franconia Range in the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire, United States.
The Flume Gorge (locally, just The Flume) is a natural gorge extending 800 ft (240 m) horizontally at the base of Mount Liberty in Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire, United States. Cut by Flume Brook, the gorge features walls of Conway granite that rise to a height of 70 to 90 ft (21 to 27 m) and are 12 to 20 ft (3.7 to 6.1 m) apart.
From the west the peak can be climbed via the Liberty Spring Trail, followed by the Flume Slide Trail, for a total of 4.1 miles (6.6 km) with a 2,950-foot (899 m) elevation gain. From the north the summit is reached by the Franconia Ridge Trail coming from the summit of Mount Liberty. The Flume Slide Trail is a notably steep and slippery climb ...
The Franconia Ridge Trail, which coincides with the Appalachian Trail from Mount Lafayette to Mount Liberty, traverses the ridge over all the aforementioned mountains. One hike on the ridge is an 8.9-mile (14.3-km) loop involving the Falling Waters Trail, the Franconia Ridge Trail, the Greenleaf Trail, and the Old Bridle Path, which includes ...
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The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, traverses Franconia Ridge, including Little Haystack. Although well over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club doesn't consider Little Haystack a " four-thousand footer " because it stands less than 200 ft (61 m) above the col on ...
Mount Liberty [1] is a 4,459-foot-high (1,359 m) mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.Overlooking Franconia Notch, it is part of Franconia Ridge, the second highest mountain group in the Whites after the Presidential Range.
The Red River Gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. The forest maintains 706,000 acres while the Red River Gorge consists of 29,000 acres of rugged terrain inside of it.