Crawford Notch

Crawford Notch
The Notch of the White Mountains (1839), by Thomas Cole (1801–1848), looking south past Saco Lake
Elevation	1,900 ft (579 m)
Traversed by	U.S. Route 302
Location	Carroll / Coos counties, New Hampshire, U.S.
Range	White Mountains
Coordinates	44°13′7″N 71°24′42″W / 44.21861°N 71.41167°W / 44.21861; -71.41167
Topo map	USGS Crawford Notch, Stairs Mountain, Bartlett

Crawford Notch is a major pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located in Hart's Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park. The high point of the notch, at approximately 1,900 feet (580 m) above sea level, is at the southern end of the town of Carroll, near the Crawford Depot train station and Saco Lake, the source of the Saco River, which flows southward through the steep-sided notch. North of the high point of the notch, Crawford Brook flows more gently northwest to the Ammonoosuc River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.

The notch is traversed by U.S. Route 302, which closely follows the Saco River southeast to North Conway and less closely follows the Ammonoosuc River northwest to Littleton.