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Northern U.S. Appalachians

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Mount Washington (6288 ft/1917 m)
Countries	United States (90%), Canada (10%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Maine (36%), Vermont (11%), New Hampshire (11%), Massachusetts (9%), New York (7%), Connecticut (6%), New Brunswick (5%), Québec (5%), Pennsylvania (5%), New Jersey (3%), Rhode Island (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	86,881 sq mi / 225,021 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	548 mi / 881 km North-South 537 mi / 865 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	43° 23' N; 71° 23' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
Search Engines - search the web for "Northern U.S. Appalachians": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Selected Guidebook(s) for this Range: Eastern Alpine Guide (Jones, Willey) Caution: These books feature many of the peaks in this range, but may not have information on all of them.

Map of Northern U.S. Appalachians
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Northern U.S. Appalachians.

Appalachian Mountains	Level 2 (Parent)
Canadian Appalachians	Level 3 (Sibling)
Northern U.S. Appalachians	Level 3
New England Upland	Level 4 (Child)
Longfellow Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
White Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Green Mountains	Level 4 (Child)
Taconic Range	Level 4 (Child)
Mid-Atlantic Highlands	Level 4 (Child)
Appalachian Plateaus	Level 3 (Sibling)
Appalachian Ridges	Level 3 (Sibling)
Blue Ridge Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Piedmont-Southeast Coast	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Northern U.S. Appalachians

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	Mount Washington	6288	1917	White Mountains
2.	Mount Adams	5799	1768	White Mountains
3.	Mount Jefferson	5712	1741	White Mountains
4.	Mount Clay	5533	1686	White Mountains
5.	Bigelow Lawn Hill	5512+	1680+	White Mountains
6.	Monticello Lawn Peak	5407	1648	White Mountains
7.	Mount Monroe	5372	1637	White Mountains
8.	Mount Madison	5366	1636	White Mountains
9.	Katahdin	5268	1606	Longfellow Mountains
10.	Mount Lafayette	5240+	1597+	White Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range4
1.	Mount Washington	6288	1917	White Mountains
2.	Katahdin	5268	1606	Longfellow Mountains
3.	Mount Mansfield	4393	1339	Green Mountains
4.	Equinox Mountain	3840+	1170+	Taconic Range
5.	East Mountain	3439	1048	New England Upland
6.	Schunnemunk Mountain	1664	507	Mid-Atlantic Highlands

Photos of Peaks in the Northern U.S. Appalachians

Mount Washington: The sign and benchmark at the very summit of Mt. Washington, behind the massive visitor's center.

Mount Jefferson: Mount Jefferson rises above Monticello Lawn, at the center of the Northern Peaks of the Presidential Range. Glenn Slayden, Greg Slayden, and Gabe Czako.

Mount Madison: Mount Madison from Mount Adams.

Katahdin: The Knife Edge, leading down from the South Peak towards Chimney and Pamola Peaks. Blue dots are hikers.

Mount Lafayette: Looking south from the summit of Mount Lafayette at the spectacular crest of the Franconia Ridge.

Mount Lincoln: Mount Lincoln is the far high bump on the crest of the Franconia Ridge.

Pamola Peak: Pamola Peak on Katahdin's Knife Edge.

Mount Moosilauke: No views in thick clouds--all to common on high White Mountain summits, in this case Mount Moosilauke.

Mount Eisenhower: Clouds moving in cover half of the bald dome of Mount Eisenhower.

Hamlin Peak: Hamlin Peak is the high northern summit of Katahdin.

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