Mount Waumbek
Mount Waumbek | |
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Highest point | |
Coös County, New Hampshire, U.S. | |
Parent range | Pliny Range |
Topo map | USGS Pliny Range |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Waumbek is a
Waumbek is one of the Appalachian Mountain Club's "Four-thousand footers" and is located inside the White Mountain National Forest. The summit can be reached from U.S. Route 2 via the Starr King Trail, a segment of the Cohos Trail, from Jefferson village. The Starr King Trail climbs moderately to the summit of Mount Starr King where there used to be a lodge and then across the ridge to the wooded summit of Mount Waumbek. On some older maps it is shown as "Pliny Major" in the uninhabited township of Kilkenny.[3] A colony of gregarious Canada jays lives near the summit of Starr King year-round.
During the early 1960s, the northern flank of Waumbek was under consideration for a ski resort to be named Willard Basin Ski Area, but the project was terminated and the land conveyed to the federal government.[4]
See also
- List of mountains in New Hampshire
- White Mountain National Forest
References
- ^ a b "Mount Waumbek". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^ "Mount Waumbek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
- ^ Atlas of NH Towns, Town of Jefferson, p.298, 1892
- ^ Lancaster, NH, Planning Board: Plan of Willis Basin Ski Proposal, 1961