New England Summer Thursday

White Mountains in the fall.

Every year, we try to find an excuse to go to the White Mountains in New Hampshire.  The most famous mountain in New Hampshire is Mount Washington.  

• Mount Washington is the highest mountain in the Northeastern U.S at 6,288 feet high.

• The mountain is home to some of the most severe weather on Earth.  The fastest wind gust (231 miles per hour) was recorded in 1934.

• The White Mountain range is part of the Appalachian Mountains.  It covers 800,000 acres in New Hampshire and Maine. 

• You can see up to 100 miles from the top of Mount Washington on a clear day.  This is rare, since it's very foggy on the mountain top.  Handy Man and I were lucky to visit the mountain once on one of those rare, clear days. (I'd share the pictures, but it's on 35mm film.  The originals are in a scrapbook, but I do have negatives.)

• This mountain can be dangerous! Over 100 fatalities have occurred on Mount Washington since the mid 1800s.

• The Kancamagus Highway is a scenic highway that is 34 miles long, and cuts through the heart of the White Mountains.

Have you ever been to the White Mountains?  Have you ever attempted to climb Mount Washington?  (Handy Man has climbed it, I rode to the top in a train!)