Mount Kearsarge (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)
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Mount Kearsarge is a mountain located in Wilmot, New Hampshire, and Warner, New Hampshire. Two state parks are located at the northern and southern bases of the mountain—Winslow State Park and Rollins State Park, respectively—and the entire mountain is within Kearsarge Mountain State Forest. On a very clear day, skyscrapers in the city of Boston 80 miles (130 km) away are visible from the fire tower on the summit.[3] The summit has remained bare since a 1796 forest fire.
Mount Kearsarge | |
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Carasarga | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,937 ft (895 m)[1] |
Prominence | 2,080 ft (630 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 43°23′00″N 71°51′25″W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Merrimack County, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Topo map | USGS Andover (NH) |
The name of the mountain evolved from a 1652 rendering of the native Pennacook tribal name for the mountain, Carasarga, which it is surmised means "notch-pointed-mountain of pines".