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Mount Willey 
Mount Willey from Crawford Notch looking southElevation 1,297 m (4,255 ft) Prominence 78 m (256 ft) Listing White Mountain 4000-Footers Location Location Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA Range Willey Range Coordinates 44°11′N 71°25′W / 44.183°N 71.417°WCoordinates: 44°11′N 71°25′W / 44.183°N 71.417°W Topo map USGS Crawford Notch (NH) Climbing Easiest route Willey Range Trail via Mt. Field 
The view from the summit of Mt. Willey to the northeast, along the spine of the Presidential Range from Webster (right) to Jefferson.
Mount Willey is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Samuel Willey, Jr. (1766–1826)[1] and his family, who in 1825 moved into a house in Crawford Notch. Tragically the family was killed a year later in August 1826 during a landslide.
Mount Willey is part of the Willey Range of the White Mountains, of which it is the southernmost and second highest. It, along with Mount Field, forms the western wall of Crawford Notch. The summit is just outside the Crawford Notch State Park; it is at the northeast corner of the Pemigewasset Wilderness.
The north and east faces of Mount Willey drain directly into the Saco River, thence into the Gulf of Maine at Saco, Maine. The south and west sides drain into the North Fork of the Pemigewasset River, thence into the East Branch, the Pemigewasset River, Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts.
See also
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mt. Willey
- PeakBagger.com: Mt. Willey
- Mt. Willey
- AMC: Mt. Willey
- hikethewhites.com: Mt. Willey
- NH State Parks: Willey House
- Mt. Willey - FranklinSites.com Hiking Guide
References
4000-foot mountains of New England Baxter State Park High Peaks Abraham · Crocker · Redington · Saddleback · Saddleback, The Horn · South Crocker · Spaulding · SugarloafBigelow Range Eastern White Mountains Northern ranges Carter-Moriah Range Presidential Range Crawford Notch area Twin Range Pemigewasset Wilderness Sandwich Range Osceola · Osceola (East) · Tripyramid (Middle) · Tripyramid (North) · Passaconaway · Tecumseh · WhitefaceFranconia Range Western White Mountains Green Mountains Categories:- Mountains of New Hampshire
- Landforms of Grafton County, New Hampshire
- New England Four-thousand footers
- New Hampshire geography stubs
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