Mount Kearsarge
Mount Kearsarge is the name of a 2,937 foot (895m)
mountain located in
Wilmot, New Hampshire, and
Warner, New Hampshire. Two state parks are located on the mountain:
Winslow State Park and
Rollins State Park. On a very clear day, skyscrapers in the city of
Boston, Massachusetts are visible from its summit, which has remained bare since a
1796 forest fire. Kearsarge is a popular hiking destination in the state. The Winslow Trail and the State Park on the Wilmot side are named after Captain John Winslow, the commander of the USS Kearsarge, which in June 1864 sank the CSS Alabama in the English Channel in a famous Civil War sea battle. The summit of Mount Kearsarge is the high point along the 75-mile Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway hiking trail which links 10 towns and encircles the Lake Sunapee region of western New Hampshire.
Mount Kearsarge is also the name of a 3,268 ft. peak in North Conway, NH. The mountain's Indian name is Mount "Pequawket". On
topographic maps, the mountain is referred to as "Kearsarge North", to avoid confusion with the 2,937-foot Kearsarge.
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Information on Kearsarge*
Rollins State Park Homepage*
Winslow State Park Homepage
