Sandwich Range

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The Sandwich Range is located north of the Lakes Region and south of the Presidential Range. Although the range is not outstanding for its elevation, it is very rugged and has excellent views of the surrounding lakes, mountains, and forests. The Sandwich Range extends east-west about 30 miles from Conway, New Hampshire on the Saco River to Campton on the Pemigewasset River. The Kancamagus Highway runs along the north side of the mountains, from Conway to North Woodstock. The highest peak in the range is Mount Tripyramid (elevation 4,170 feet).

The east part of the range drains by various streams into the Saco River and thence into the Atlantic Ocean at Saco, Maine. The west part drains into the East Branch Pemigewasset River and Mad River, thence into the Pemigewasset, Merrimack and into the sea at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

1 Summits
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Summits

From northeast to southwest, the range's summits include^[1]:

• Mount Chocorua		(1,065 m / 3,490 ft)
• Mount Paugus		(975 m / 3,198 ft)
• Mount Passaconaway		(1,232 m / 4,043 ft) *
• Mount Whiteface		(1,225 m / 4,020 ft) *
• The Sleepers		(1,180 m / 3,880 ft)
• Mount Tripyramid		(1,270 m / 4,170 ft) *
• Mount Kancamagus		(1,147 m / 3,763 ft)
• Mount Osceola		(1,315 m / 4,315 ft) *
• Mount Tecumseh		(1,220 m / 4,003 ft) *
• Sandwich Mountain		(1,217 m / 3,993 ft)

The summits marked with an asterisk (*) are included on the Appalachian Mountain Club's peak-bagging list of "Four-thousand footers" in New Hampshire.

[edit] References

^ U.S. Geological Survey 7½-minute topographic maps - Mount Chocorua, Mount Tripyramid, Waterville Valley, Mount Carrigain, and Mount Osceola quadrangles