Mount Franklin (New Hampshire)

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Mount Franklin
Elevation	1,525 metres (5,004 feet)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Range	Presidential Range
Prominence	15 m (50 ft)
Coordinates	44°14.98′N, 71°19.82′W
Topo map	USGS Stairs Mountain (NH)

Mount Franklin is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Benjamin Franklin, and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. Franklin is flanked to the northeast by Mount Monroe, and to the southwest by Mount Eisenhower.

Mt. Franklin drains on the northwest side into the Ammonoosuc River, thence into the Connecticut River and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. On the southeast side, Franklin drains into the Dry River, thence into the Saco River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Maine.

The Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine, crosses Mt. Franklin as it traverses the main ridge of the Presidentials from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington. Franklin stands on the northwest side of the Dry River Wilderness. Although well over 4,000 feet in height, the Appalachian Mountain Club doesn't consider Franklin a "four-thousand footer" because it stands only 50 ft above the col on the ridge from Mt. Monroe, making it a secondary summit of that peak.