Kinsman Mountain

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Kinsman Mountain (South Peak)
Elevation 1,328 metres (4,358 feet)
Location New Hampshire, USA
Range Kinsman Range
Prominence 735 m (2,240 ft)
Coordinates 44°7.38′N 71°44.20′W / 44.123, -71.73667Coordinates: 44°7.38′N 71°44.20′W / 44.123, -71.73667
Topo map USGS Lincoln
Listing White Mountain 4000-footers
#20 New England Fifty Finest
Kinsman Mountain (North Peak)

North Peak of Kinsman, overlooking Kinsman Pond
Elevation 1,309 m (4,293 ft)
Prominence 85 m (275 ft)
Coordinates 44°7.99′N 71°44.21′W / 44.13317, -71.73683
Topo map USGS Franconia
Listing White Mountain 4000-footers

Kinsman Mountain is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Nathan Kinsman, an early resident of Easton, New Hampshire, and is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains. To the northeast, Kinsman is connected by The Cannon Balls ridge to Cannon Mountain.

The west side of Kinsman drains into Reel and Slide Brooks, thence into the Ham Branch of the Gale River, the Gale River, Ammonoosuc River, Connecticut River, and into Long Island Sound in Connecticut. The east side drains into Cascade Brook, thence into the Pemigewasset River, the Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts. The south face drains into Eliza Brook, thence into Harvard Brook, another tributary of the Pemigewasset.

The Appalachian Mountain Club considers both North and South Kinsman to be "four-thousand footers" because the divide between them gives the former more than 200 ft of topographic prominence. South Kinsman is the sixth most prominent of the White Mountains, because it is the highest point between Franconia Notch and Kinsman Notch.

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