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The
White Mountains are a
mountain range that covers about a quarter of the state of
New Hampshire and a small portion of western
Maine in the
United States. Part of the
Appalachian Mountains, they're considered the most rugged mountains in
New England. The range is heavily visited due to its proximity to
Boston and
New York City.
Most of the area is public land, including the
White Mountain National Forest as well as a number of
state parks. Its most famous peak is
Mount Washington, which at 6,288 feet (1916 m) is the highest mountain in the Northeastern U.S. and home to the fastest winds (231 mph or 372 km/h, over 100 m/s, in
1934) measured on the surface of the earth. Mount Washington is one of a line of summits called the
Presidential Range, many of which are named after U.S. presidents and other prominent Americans.
The White Mountains included the
Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation on
Cannon Mountain that resembled the craggy profile of a man until it fell in May 2003. It remains the state symbol of New Hampshire. The range also includes a natural feature dubbed "The Basin." The Basin area consists of a granite bowl, twenty feet in diameter, fed by a waterfall, worn smooth by the
Pemigewasset River. The areas around "The Basin" are also popular spots for swimming in the ice cold mountain fed water.
The range is known for the system of huts for hikers, operated by the
Appalachian Mountain Club. The
Appalachian Trail crosses the area from southwest to northeast.
The range is crossed by two north-south highway routes (
U.S. Route 3 and
Interstate 93 through
Franconia Notch, and
New Hampshire Route 16 through
Pinkham Notch), and two east-west roads (the
Kancamagus Highway, part of
New Hampshire Route 112, through Kancamagus Pass, and
U.S. Route 302 through
Crawford Notch). The White Mountains include several smaller groups including the Presidential Range,
Franconia Range,
Sandwich Range,
Carter-Moriah Range, Kinsman Range and Pilot Range.
Art
» Main article: White Mountain art
As the most ruggedly picturesque area in the northeast U.S., the White Mountains drew hundreds of painters during the 19th century. This group of artists is sometimes referred to as belonging to the "White Mountain school" of art. Others dispute the notion that these painters were a "school", since they didn't all paint in the same style as, for example, those artists of the
Hudson River school.
Geology and physiography
The White Mountains are a
physiographic section of the larger
New England province, which in turn is part of the larger
Appalachian physiographic division.
The
magma intrusions forming the White Mountains today were created 124 to 100 million years ago as the
North American Plate moved westward over the
New England hotspot.
Literature
Nathaniel Hawthorne chose the White Mountains as the setting for his
short story,
The Great Carbuncle.
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