Pratt Mountain

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Name = Pratt Mountain
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Elevation = convert|1817|ft|m
Location = New Ipswich, New Hampshire
Range = Wapack Range
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Type = monadnock; metamorphic rock
Age = 400 million years
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Easiest route = Wapack Trail
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Pratt Mountain is a convert|1817|ft|m monadnock located in south-central New Hampshire within the Wapack Range of mountains. It lies within the town of New Ipswich and is traversed by the convert|22|mi|km|abbr=on Wapack Trail. The subordinate peak, Stony Top, convert|1760|ft|m, forms the north shoulder of the mountain. Pratt Mountain offers expansive views from rocky ledges along its length.

New Ipswich Mountain is located directly to the north along the Wapack ridgeline; to the southeast rise Binny Hill convert|1441|ft|m, Emerson Hill convert|1551|ft|m, Nutting Hill convert|1620|ft|m, and Mount Watatic, the southern terminus of the Wapack Range.

The east side of the mountain drains into the Souhegan River watershed, to the Merrimack River thence the Atlantic Ocean; the west and south sides drain into the Millers River watershed, to the Connecticut River, thence into Long Island Sound. Binney Pond, located in Binney Pond State Forest along the Wapack ridgecrest between Pratt Mountain and Binney Hill, is known for a biodiversity of rare plants and salamanders.

References

*"Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide" (1999). Boston: The Appalachian Mountain Club.
*Flanders, John ( 1991) "Wapack Trail Guide." West Peterborough, New Hampshire: Friends of the Wapack.
*Note: The Appalachian Mountain Club's "Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide" regards Pratt Mountain and New Ipswich Mountain as part of Barrett Mountain; however, USGS maps and The Friends of the Wapack consider them distinct peaks; each rises over convert|200|ft|m above the gaps that separate them from their neighbors.

External links

* [http://www.wapack.org/ Friends of the Wapack]