Mount Bond

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Mount Bond
Mount Bond from the Bondcliff ridge
Elevation	1,432 metres (4,698 feet)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Range	Twin Range
Prominence	91 m (298 ft)
Coordinates	44°9.18′N 71°31.87′W / 44.153, -71.53117Coordinates: 44°9.18′N 71°31.87′W / 44.153, -71.53117
Topo map	USGS South Twin Mountain
Listing	White Mountain 4000-Footers

West Bond
Elevation	1,380 m (4,530 ft)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Prominence	55 m (180 ft)
Coordinates	44°9.28′N 71°32.61′W / 44.15467, -71.5435
Listing	White Mountain 4000-Footers

Bondcliff
Bondcliff at sunset
Elevation	1,300 m (4,265 ft)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Prominence	56 m (185 ft)
Coordinates	44°8.44′N 71°32.44′W / 44.14067, -71.54067
Listing	White Mountain 4000-Footers

Mount Bond is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is named after Professor George P. Bond (1825–1865) of Harvard University, and is the southernmost extension of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. Mount Bond is flanked to the north by Mount Guyot.

Mount Bond has two subsidiary peaks, West Bond and Bondcliff (or "The Cliffs"). All three peaks are included on the Appalachian Mountain Club's list of "four-thousand footers".

Mount Bond is located within the Pemigewasset Wilderness Area. It drains to the east and west into the North Fork and Franconia Branch respectively of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts.

[edit] See also

• List of mountains in New Hampshire
• White Mountain National Forest

[edit] External links

• USGS GNIS: Mt. Bond
• USGS GNIS: The Cliffs
• PeakBagger.com: Mt. Bond
• AMC: Mt. Bond
• AMC: Bondcliff
• hikethewhites.com: Mt. Bond

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