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	Mount Monadnock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a 3,165 foot (965 m) peak in southwestern New Hampshire that has drawn attention for years by its relative isolation from other mountains.
		Monadnock was the site, in the 19th century, of a toll carriage road, still visible, and of a resort hotel.
		Monadnock is at the northern end of the Monadnock-Metacomet Trail, a long-distance trail stretching south through Massachusetts and half of Connecticut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Monadnock (463 words)

	Mount Monadnock - Hiking North America's Most Climbed Peak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire is North America’s most climbed peak, and reputed to be the second most climbed mountain in the world, after Mount Fuji in Japan.
		We arrived at the Mount Monadnock visitor center at around 8:30am, and knowing it was going to be a warm 80+ degree-day, ensured we had plenty of water, and energy snacks.
		Even on the White Cross Trail, climbing Mount Monadnock is not a "walk in the park." It’s an arduous hike to the summit - after all you’re climbing 1,900 feet in a relatively short distance.
	www.earticlesonline.com /Article/Mount-Monadnock---Hiking-North-America-s-Most-Climbed-Peak/37293 (847 words)

	KeeneNH.com - Jaffrey, NH Background
		Mount Monadnock lies largely in Jaffrey, a town first granted as Monadnock No. 2 or Middle Monadnock in 1749 and incorporated in 1773.
		Nearby, in the cemetery looking toward Mount Monadnock, is the grave of Amos Fortune, an African-born slave who purchased his freedom and that of his wife, and established a tannery in the village.
		The first recorded ascent of Mount Monadnock took place in 1725; it has been a popular attraction ever since, and is said, with Mount Fuji in Japan, to be the most climbed mountain in the world.
	www.keenenh.com /jaffrey (215 words)

	GORP - Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire - Climbing the World's Most Popular Mountain
		That honor is said to belong to Mount Monadnock, New Hampshire, a 3165-tall peak in southern New Hampshire that rises above the New England landscape like a grand castle over a village.
		Both are challenging yet accessible climbs within range of major metropolitan areas: Monadnock is about two hours away from Boston, in Dublin and Jaffrey, New Hampshire, about 10 miles north of the Massachusetts-New Hampshire line.
		Monadnock has served as both hobby (Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson climbed to the top) and inspiration (Willa Cather and Rudyard Kipling were fans) to artists over the centuries.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/eclectic/family/expert/monadnock.htm (356 words)

	Mount Monadnock, NH: May 5, 2002
		Mount Monadnock, located in Jaffery, NH offers an immense variety of trails.
		There is probably some form of human presence on the summit of Mount Monadnock at almost every minute during the summer (day or night!).
		Mount Monadnock doesn't offer much in the line of challenge or a long day's hike; but is always rewarding in it's own way and is a great hike to get the hiking legs back under you.
	hammer.prohosting.com /~theway/hiking/monadnock2002.htm (750 words)

	Rudyard Kipling and Monadnock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		I had met Monadnock on paper in a shameless parody of Emerson's style, before ever style or verse had interest for me. But the word stuck because of a rhyme, in which one was
		Later the same word, pursued on the same principle as that blessed one Mesopotamia, led me to and through Emerson, up to his poem on the peak itself — the wise old giant "busy with his sky affairs," who makes us sane and sober and free from little things if we trust him.
		So Monadnock came to mean everything that was helpful, healing, and full of quiet, and when I saw him half across New Hampshire he did not fail.
	www.monadnock.net /whatis/kipling.html (259 words)

	Authors Howard Mansfield & Sy Montgomery
		In the language of the area's original inhabitants, Mount Monadnock, in the southwest corner of New Hampshire, is "the mountain that stands alone." This anthology, with its rich mix of original essays, historical texts, and excerpts from oral histories, celebrates the natural and human history of this region.
		The Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire, promotes the interdisciplinary study of place and of the connections between community and environment.
		The Monadnock towns were rediscovered by waves of summer people, back-to-the-landers, artists, Massachusetts tax refugees, retirees swimming back to their summer camp memories, and believers in the image that New England had created for itself.
	www.authorwire.com /h/mountain.html (641 words)

	Monadnock Facts - New Hampshire Hikes and Walks
		Monadnock is the large bare-summit mountain visible from all over southern New Hampshire.
		Monadnock is reputedly the second most-climbed mountain in the world (after Fuji near Tokyo), with an estimated 125,000 ascents annually.
		Monadnock has a summit elevation of about 3165 feet, or roughly half the height of Mount Washington at 6288 feet, yet the first known ascent of Monadnock by white men was in 1725 or a century after the first white man ascended Washington.
	hikenh.netfirms.com /MonadFac.htm (606 words)

	GORP - Mount Monadnock - Weekend Backpacker: Boston
		Designated a National Natural Landmark (1987), Monadnock offers 5,000 acres of highlands and 40 miles of trails, many leading to the bare rock summit where, on a clear day, a 100-mile view takes in all six New England states.
		"Monadnock" is Abnacki for"mountain that stands alone" and has become standard geological lingo for "a singular mountain rising above a surrounding plain." Try Monadnock for an off-peak one or two-day outing.
		On weekends, especially in the high season, (a) you will not be alone on the trail, (b) you will find a crowd at the summit, and (c) you will contribute to the overuse of the mountain.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/ma/ww_boston6.htm (480 words)

	Grand Mt. Monadnock - World's Most Climbed Mountain Peak (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The entrance to Monadnock State Park Headquarters is a narrow, paved, tree-lined road that rises gently past the welcome sign, gate house, and into a parking lot.
		The longest trail on Monadnock, Pumpelly stretches from nearly the southeast edge of Dublin Lake to the summit.
		Monadnock has a summit elevation of about 3165 feet, or roughly half of Mount Washington at 6,288 feet, yet the first known ascent of Monadnock by white men was in 1725 or a century after the first white man ascended Washington.
	www.tmclark.com.cob-web.org:8888 /monadnock.html (2581 words)

	Mt. Monadnock Preplanned Hike (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mt. Monadnock is the centerpiece of the 5,000 acre Monadnock State Park.
		The word "monadnock" originally comes from the Abnacki Indian language meaning "mountain that stands alone." Because Monadnock "stands alone", views from the treeless summit stretch far into the distance into surrounding states like Vermont and Massachusetts.
		Mt. Monadnock forms one end of the roughly 50-mile Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail.
	www.mountainsummits.com /pphikes/newhampshire/monadnockpphike.htm (651 words)

	Yoav's Space: Mount Monadnock
		On Saturday we went to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire for some hiking, specifically to see the fall foliage views from the top.
		The mountain is 75 miles from Boston, but it takes close to two hours to get there because the final few miles are through small, meandering roads.
		Monadnock is a "carry in, carry out" state park, which means there are no trash cans and you have to carry everything you bring into the park back out with you.
	yoavs.blogspot.com /2006/10/mount-monadnock.html (388 words)

	Mount Monadnock Monadnock State Park Photo Gallery NH New Hampshire
		Monadnock was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1987.
		Unsurpassed 100-mile views to points in all six New England states are the reward for a climb.
		A magnet for hikers, Monadnock is said to be the second most frequently climbed mountain in the world, after Japan's Mt. Fuji.
	www.keenephotos.com /Mount_Monadnock.asp (109 words)

	NH Division of Parks & Recreation: Monadnock State Park (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		There are 40 miles of maintained foot trails, many of which lead to the bare rock summit through unique alpine vegetation.
		The Monadnock Visitor Center offers interesting exhibits on various aspects of the park's history, ecology and trails.
		Monadnock State Park is a carry in/carry out park site; please carry home what you carry in.
	www.nhstateparks.org.cob-web.org:8888 /ParksPages/Monadnock/Monadnock.html (280 words)

	The Idea of Monadnock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		In geology, a monadnock is "a single remnant of a former highland, which rises as an isolated rock mass above a plain" (after Mount Monadnock, a 3,165-foot mountain in present-day Cheshire County, New Hampshire).
		Elsewhere in reality, the Monadnock Building is a fine example of late nineteenth-century architecture right before the dawn of the skyscaper.
		It is Rand's description of that development, specifically her use of the phrase joy and reason and meaning, which inspired the founding of the Monadnock Review.
	www.monadnock.net /whatis (272 words)

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		Mount Greylock is the highest, at 3,491, and people hike up it on a regular basis.
		The monadnock is a stub of a mountain, all that's left after millions of years of weather and water and wind have worn away a range of peaks.
		The monadnock is made of sterner stuff, and generally it sits all by itself, round and smug, slippery and sometimes offering a view of New Hampshire from its top.
	www.llamagraphics.com /Meadow/Essays/MtEverett.html (1226 words)

	Mount Everett :: Mount Everett State Reservation :: Mount Washington, Massachusetts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mount Everett stands in the southwestern corner of Massachusetts.
		It has been a popular destination for writers, artists, hikers, and vacationers who rhapsodize about its panoramic views sweeping west to the Catskills and Shawangunks in New York, north and east to Mount Greylock and Mount Tom in Massachusetts, and far northeast to Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire.
		Shortly thereafter, six studies by prominent scientists were launched, funded by donations from residents of Mount Washington and neighboring communities.
	www.mounteverett.org (320 words)

	Currier Museum Online Curriculum
		He was best known for his ethereal angels and depictions of idealized young women often with Mount Monadnock in the background.
		Thayer was fascinated by every detail of the mountain and during his later years he devoted his time to painting Monadnock in the different seasons.
		Mount Monadnock in Winter, (1913) is an example of this work and his fascination with the mountain as an artistic subject.
	curriculum.currier.org /nh_colonies/dublin.html (682 words)

	William Preston Phelps Biography
		Here were the things he had known from boyhood, which had grown into his soul, and which though they had laid dormant for years had awakened to vigorous life.
		Mount Monadnock from Stone Pond is among the finest known examples of Phelp's work.
		It survives in excellent condition and exemplifies the fine technique and refined aesthetic sensibility that are the hallmarks of his best works.
	whitemountainart.com /Biographies/bio_wpp.htm (342 words)

	Q & Laura's Mt. Monadnock Celebration
		Answer: Mount Monadnock, or Grand Monadnock, is a dramatic 3,166-foot peak in southwestern New Hampshire that has drawn attention for years by its relative isolation from other mountains.
		This original is often called Grand Monadnock, to differentiate it from other Vermont and New Hampshire peaks with "Monadnock" in their names.
		For those friends who cannot climb Mt. Monadnock, but still wish to join us for dinner after the hike, you may want to choose from the many activities around the Monadnock region before dinner.
	www.wellesley.edu /ITS/Ldiao/monadnock/monadnock.htm (738 words)

	Shepard Alonzo Mount ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		After consultation with the British Museum and specialist conservators, the decision was made to carefully remove the prints from the album, conserve them, and mount them as an outstanding group of actor prints.
		Alabama is the fifteenth state to mount such an exhibition.
		What prompted us to mount the largest Bill Viola (born 1951) retrospective to date was the fact that o...
	www.wwar.com /masters/m/mount-shepard_alonzo.html (1647 words)

	Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The restored Mount Holyoke Summit House is in the center with its beautiful picnic grounds, accessible by car.
		The trail here descends the northwest slope of Mount Lincoln beside a small, fast falling brook in a narrow hemlock glen, passes through pine and hemlock mixed forest near Amherst's Hill reservoir and thence downstream beside Harris Brook.
		The superb views of this incomparable mountain, first from the northern crest of Little Monadnock Mountain and then later from Gap Mountain in Section 21 are without peer in southern New England.
	www-unix.oit.umass.edu /~berkamc/mmtrdisc.html (1830 words)

	Day 6 : mount monadnock, new hampshire : : : roadtrip.beimers.com : : :
		The site of Monadnock in the west was an early memory: on his deathbed he wrote about his last camp there.
		The dramatic landscape of Monadnock reinforced his belief in a spiritual force that created harmony between humans and nature.
		Accompanied by Henry Blake and Ellory Channing in 1860, Thoreau climbed and explored Monadnock, camping below the summit on the southeastern slope.
	roadtrip.beimers.com /day6.html (673 words)

	A1 Trails: Hiking at Mount Monadnock State Park, New Hampshire
		Trails: Mount Monadnock State Park has 40 miles of trails and a panoramic view at the top of the 3,165-foot summit--the most climbed peak in North America.
		Mount Monadnock is the northern terminus of the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail through Massachusetts.
		Comments: Monadnock is so popular that it gets very crowded during peak season.
	www.a1trails.com /hiking/nh/monadnock.html (564 words)

	Glide Magazine Monthly Columns - Mount Monadnock
		Today, Mount Monadnock is the most frequently climbed mountain in the world.
		Mount Monadnock is the most climbed mountain in the world partly because the trails suite nearly all skill levels.
		Monadnock might just be the best bang for the buck in New England.
	www.glidemagazine.com /1/columns21.html (830 words)

	The Direct Route to Mount Monadnock - Greenfield - New Hampshire - New England - ExploreNewEngland.com
		The Direct Route to Mount Monadnock - Greenfield - New Hampshire - New England - ExploreNewEngland.com
		Overall, there are 40 miles of hiking trails across the Monadnock State Park.
		You can meet quite a few people on sunny summer days there, but the crowds are unlikely to diminish the experience: Mount Monadnock is in a league in itself, where you can get access to a rocky, alpine environment and wonderful vistas with only a reasonable effort.
	www321.pair.com /oaries/localattitude/monadnock.htm (539 words)

	Monadnock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In southern Africa a similar formation of granite boulders is known as a kopje.
		USS Monadnock (1883) was a United States Navy ironclad warship.
		Monadnock Building (in Chicago, the tallest unreinforced brick buildings in the world)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monadnock (287 words)

	Mount Monadnock State Park Camping and Hiking (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Mount Monadnock is an easy drive from any place in Southern New England.
		This is indeed the"most climbed mountain in the world." Phone the Monadnock State Park before you come up and they will provide you with details.
		My favorite trail is located on Shaker Road* and is known as the "Marlborough Trail" Expect to take about 1.5 hours to reach the top of Mount Monadnock if you are in good shape.
	www.new-hampshire.net /park.htm (245 words)

	A New Hampshire tourist Experience: Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey, NH (The Grand Monadnock)
		Here is a view of Mount Monadnock, the most climbed mountain in the world.
		If you have never climbed this Monadnock, I suggest that you call the State Park office at 603-532-8862 and talk with them first.
		Sunup often reveals a beautiful panopoly of clouds as the first rays of the sun outline Monadnock.
	www.new-hampshire.net /monad.htm (298 words)

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