Mount Kearsarge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)

This article is about the mountain in Wilmot and Warner, New Hampshire. For the mountain of the same name near North Conway, New Hampshire, see Kearsarge North. For other uses, see Kearsarge (disambiguation).
Mount Kearsarge
Carasarga
View of Mount Kearsarge from The Bulkhead on Ragged Mountain
Highest point
Elevation2,937 ft (895 m)[1]
Prominence2,080 ft (630 m)[1]
Coordinates43°23′00″N 71°51′25″W / 43.3834092°N 71.8570253°W / 43.3834092; -71.8570253[2]
Geography
LocationMerrimack County, New Hampshire, U.S.
Topo mapUSGS Andover (NH)

Mount Kearsarge is a mountain located in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and Warner, New Hampshire. Two state parks are located at the northern and southern bases of the mountain—Winslow State Park and Rollins State Park, respectively—and the entire mountain is within Kearsarge Mountain State Forest. On a very clear day, skyscrapers in the city of Boston 80 miles (130 km) away are visible from the fire tower on the summit.[3] The summit has remained bare since a 1796 forest fire.

The name of the mountain evolved from a 1652 rendering of the native Pennacook tribal name for the mountain, Carasarga, which it is surmised means "notch-pointed-mountain of pines".

  1. ^ a b "Mount Kearsarge, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  2. ^ "Mount Kearsarge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  3. ^ "Rollins State Park". New Hampshire State Parks. Retrieved August 27, 2018.