Mount Cardigan

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Mount Cardigan

Mount Cardigan from the south
Elevation 3,155 feet (962 meters)
Location Orange / Alexandria, New Hampshire, USA
Prominence 1,922 feet (586 meters)
Coordinates 43°38′58″N, 71°54′51″W
Topo map USGS Mount Cardigan Quadrangle
Easiest route West Side Trail

Mount Cardigan is a prominent bare-rock summit in the towns of Orange and Alexandria in western New Hampshire. While its peak is only 3,155 feet (962 meters) above sea level, it has extensive areas of bare granite ledges and alpine scrub, giving it the feel to hikers of a much higher mountain. Most of the summit area was denuded by devastating forest fires in 1855.

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  • U.S. Geological Survey, Mount Cardigan, New Hampshire topographic map