Mt. Washington

     Towering 6,288 feet above sea level, Mt. Washington of New Hampshire's Presidential Range is the tallest mountain in New England. When swirling mist doesn't blanket its mossy granite peak, views can extend as far as as far as 130 miles to Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Quebec, and the Atlantic Ocean. Cairns as tall as people guide hikers up the challenging mountain trails. standing like trustworthy sentinels in the fog. In the winter, Mt. Washington harbors some of the most extreme weather conditions in the world. On April 12, 1934, a wind speed of 231 miles per hour was measured on the summit, and this number remains the world record for the highest observed wind speed in the world. 

    Alpine Garden Trail

    Mt. Washington Cog Railway, first built 1869, the world’s first mountain-climbing cog railway