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Mount Waumbek Elevation 4,006 ft (1,221 m) [1] Prominence 1,289 ft (393 m) [citation needed] Listing White Mountain 4000-Footers Location Location Coös County, New Hampshire, USA Range Pliny Range Coordinates 44°25.96′N 71°25.06′W / 44.43267°N 71.41767°WCoordinates: 44°25.96′N 71°25.06′W / 44.43267°N 71.41767°W Topo map USGS Pliny Range Climbing Easiest route Hike Mount Waumbek is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains. Waumbek is flanked to the northeast by Mount Weeks, to the west by Mount Starr King, and to the southeast by Pliny Mountain (1099 m). Waumbek is drained by various brooks into the Israel River, and thence into the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.
Waumbek is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's "Four-thousand footers" and is located inside the White Mountain National Forest. The summit can be reached from US 2, using a segment of the Cohos Trail from Jefferson village. On some older maps it is shown as "Pliny Major" in the uninhabited township of Kilkenny.[2]
During the early 1960s, the northern flank of Waumbek was under consideration for a ski resort to be named Willard Basin Ski Area, but the project was terminated and the land conveyed to the federal government.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Mount Waumbek". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6882. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ Atlas of NH Towns, Town of Jefferson, p.298, 1892
- ^ Lancaster, NH, Planning Board: Plan of Willis Basin Ski Proposal, 1961
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Waumbek
- PeakBagger.com: Mt. Waumbek
- AMC: Mt. Waumbek
- hikethewhites.com: Mt. Waumbek
- summitpost.org: Mt. Waumbek
- Willard Basin Ski Area - New England's Cancelled Ski Areas
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