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  Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Presidential Range of mountains is located in the White Mountains of the state of New Hampshire, almost entirely in Coos County.
The most notable summits of the range are named for prominent Americanss, either public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries or Presidentss.
The Presidentials separate drainage via the Saco and Androscoggin Rivers into the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Maine, from drainage into the Israel and Ammonoosuc Rivers, thence into the Connecticut River, and thence into Long Island Sound.
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 AVALANCHE TERRAIN AND CONDITIONS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RANGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, US
Mount Washington (1917 m), the apex of the Presidential Range, is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River and north of the Carolinas.
The vertical relief of the Presidential range and the White Mountain region is considerable in comparison to the surrounding landscape.
The Presidential Range lies in the path of the major storm tracks and air mass routes affecting the northeastern United States, and it is, because of its elevation, biologically and ecologically similar to the subarctic and arctic regions of the world.
www.tuckerman.org /avalanche/terrainandconditions.htm   (5482 words)

  
 Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This article concerns the best-known Presidential Range ; for the range of the same in the Green Mountains of Vermont see Presidential Range.
The most notable summits of the range are named for Americans either public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries or Presidents.
The Presidentials separate drainage via the Saco Androscoggin Rivers into the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Maine from drainage into the Israel and Rivers thence into the Connecticut River and thence into Long Island Sound.
www.freeglossary.com /Presidential_Range   (564 words)

  
 Mount Washington Observatory: Visitor Information: The Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Presidential Range forms a ridgeline, about twelve miles in length, trending from Crawford Notch in the southwest toward Gorham, at the north end of Pinkham Notch, in the northeast.
The Range is formed mostly of gneiss and mica schist, metamorphic rocks that began as sediments in a shallow sea, several hundred million years ago.
While the majority of visitors hike the Presidentials in late spring, summer, or early fall, a growing number of winter climbers, with their special equipment and techniques, accept the significant challenges which the Presidentials provide in winter.
www.mountwashington.org /visitor/mountains   (724 words)

  
 Presidential Range - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Presidential Range
Chain of peaks within the Mount Washington Range of the White Mountains, running northeast–southwest between Pinkham Notch and Crawford Notch in New Hampshire.
The Presidential Range was shaped by mammoth continental glaciers, small ravine glaciers, streams, wind, and other natural forces.
In the Southern Presidentials stand Mount Monroe (1,642 m/5,385 ft), Mount Franklin (1,526 m/5,004 ft), Mount Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant, 1,452 m/4,761 ft), Mount Pierce (Mount Clinton until 1913, 1,315 m/4,312 ft), Mount Jackson (1,236 m/4,052 ft), and Mount Webster (1,193 m/3,910 ft).
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Presidential+Range   (293 words)

  
 Presidential Bank - Quick Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Presidential Bank, FSB, was established in 1985 by the founders of GIT Investment Funds (now called Mosaic Funds) of Arlington, Virginia, a group of stock, bond and money market mutual funds, which had its origins in 1975.
Presidential Online Bank is the only bank in the US to offer an instant commercial loan qualification process.
Presidential Bank, FSB, has forged new directions in banking since 1995, when it became the first brick and mortar bank in the United States to open accounts over the Internet at www.presidential.com.
www.presidential.com /pk_quickfacts.htm   (563 words)

  
 New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is the site of the New Hampshire primary, the first primary in the U.S. presidential elections, and has probably the most famous of all state mottos: "Live free or die," quoted from Revolutionary War hero John Stark's response to a letter honoring him for the Battle of Bennington.
The Presidential Range in New Hampshire spans the central portion of the state, with Mount Washington being the tallest, and other mountains like Mount Madison and Mount Quincy Adams surrounding it.
In northern New Hampshire the town of Dixville Notch is traditionally the first city or town in the U.S. to vote in presidential primaries and the presidential election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Hampshire   (3202 words)

  
 Trail results for   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Pine Mountain, at 2,410 feet, is the northeasternmost mountain in the Presidential Range.
The view of the Presidential Peaks at the midpoint of this circuit is guarante...
Hiking the Presidential Range from end to end is one of the United States’ classic treks.
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 Presidential Range - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
View of the Presidentail Range from Mount Lafayette, July 2004.
The summits marked with an asterisk (*) are included on the peak-bagging list of 4,000-foot and higher mountains in New Hampshire; the others are excluded, in some cases because of lesser height and in others because of more technical criteria.
Several peaks drained on their west faces by the Dry River are less accessible than the main and most visited ridge of the range; when enumerated, they are usually grouped with the Presidentials, but they are likely to be neglected, or mentioned as an afterthought, in discussing the range as whole.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Presidential_Range   (570 words)

  
 Weather on Mount Washington
The climate of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range is one of the most severe in the world.
Mount Washington, the highest summit in the Presidential Range (6,288 feet/1917 meters) and the highest peak in the northeastern United States, has earned itself a fierce reputation.
The Presidential Range is located within 160 km of the Atlantic Ocean.
www.tuckerman.org /weather/weather.htm   (1153 words)

  
 Presidential RangeDry River Wilderness
For the Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness, this process began in 1975 when 20,380 acres were designated by Public Law 93-622.
The Presidential Range-Dry River Wilderness is part of the 106 million acre National Wilderness Preservation System.
In an age of "...increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization," you play an important role in helping to "secure for the American people of present and future generations the benefits of an enduring resource of wilderness" as called for by the Congress of the United States through the Wilderness Act of 1964.
www.townsusa.org /recreation/4634/Presidential_RangeDry_River_Wilderness   (315 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Hiking Guide to Mount Washington & the Presidential Range, 6th at Epinions.com
Mount Washington and the Presidential Range are located in Northern New Hampshire, in the heart of the White Mountains.
Winds on all of the Presidentials often reach well over 100 miles per hour and conditions with windchills can often rival the conditions on Antarctica (while the temperatures are more mild, when windchills are factored in, conditions can be at times equivalent).
If you plan on hiking in the Presidentials, then you should have a copy of this book, or it’s larger cousin, the AMC White Mountain Guide because there are no equals to the detail, quality and thoroughness of the AMC Guide to Mount Washington and the Presidential Range.
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 Dems' presidential contenders range from serious to 'you're kidding'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It seems almost obscene but the 2004 presidential campaign has begun, with 10 or more Democratic aspirants jostling for the opportunity to face President Bush.
The 2004 presidential election, as every other election involving an incumbent president, governor, county executive or mayor, will be a referendum on the incumbency.
Lieberman was his party's 2000 vice presidential nominee and has been chairman of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/103306_vandyk09.shtml   (851 words)

  
 Presidential Range - Definition up Erdmond.Com
; for the range of the same name in the Green Mountains of Vermont, see Presidential Range.'' The Presidential Range of mountains is located in the White_Mountains of the state of New_Hampshire, almost entirely in Coos County.
Maps used in connection with foot travel in the Presidentials are generally those published by the U.S._Geological_Survey (USGS) and the Appalachian_Mountain_Club (AMC).
The Presidentials separate drainage via the Saco and Androscoggin_Rivers into the Atlantic_Ocean on the coast of Maine, from drainage into the Israel and Ammonoosuc_Rivers, thence into the Connecticut_River, and thence into Long_Island_Sound.
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 Bates Geology: J. Dykstra Eusden - Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Presidential Range lies between regions to the south dominated by refolded nappes and synkinematic high-grade regional metamorphism and regions to the northeast dominated by overlapping multiple deformation and contact metamorphism produced by late- and post -Acadian plutons.
The Presidential Range preserves three phases of ductile folding (F1, F2, and F3) and a single phase of thrust faulting (T1).
Here is a map of the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, showing an evolution of the mapping of the region from left to right.
abacus.bates.edu /acad/depts/geology/deusden.PR.html   (466 words)

  
 Environmental Studies Theses, 2001, David Levin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In the east, the majority of the 34 km2 of this harsh type of ecosystem is found in the Presidential Range, New Hampshire, and in the Katahdin Range, Maine.
The Presidential Range is composed of eleven peaks near the eastern border of New Hampshire and is located at the convergence of three different air masses.
Bedrock mapping in the Presidential Range has been an ongoing project over the past decade while detailed alpine vegetation community mapping was recently completed.
abacus.bates.edu /acad/depts/environ/curriculum/theses01/levin.htm   (403 words)

  
 Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
''This article concerns the best-known Presidential Range; for the Range of the same name in the Green Mountains of Vermont, see Presidential Range.'' The Presidential Range of mountains is located in the White Mountains of the state of New Hampshire, almost entirely in Coos County.
Northern Presidential Range in winter, summits labeled These summits include, in sequence from southwest to northeast:
Category:Coos County, New Hampshire Category:Mountain ranges of New Hampshire
presidential-range.area51.ipupdater.com   (557 words)

  
 Géographie physique et quaternaire : HISTORY OF RESEARCH ON GLACIATION IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, NEW HAMPSHIRE ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He cited the northern provenance of till in the Presidential Range cirques, the absence of moraines in these basins, and the asymmetric erosion of valley sides by obliquely overriding ice as proof that continental glaciation followed cirque cutting.
This article describes erratic stones that were transported southward onto the Presidential Range and the abrasion of the cirques by the ice sheet.
In 1970 Goldthwait again reviewed the problem of determining the relative age of cirque glaciation in the Presidential Range and presented the most detailed analysis of this topic that had yet been published (Goldthwait, 1970a).
www.erudit.org /revue/gpq/1999/v53/n1/004879ar.html   (12510 words)

  
 Randolph Mountain Club - The RMC: Where Are We?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Home to the Randolph Mountain Club is the valley bounded by the north slope of the Presidential Range and the south slope of the Crescent Range in beautiful New Hampshire.
These are some of the highest peaks in the Northeast, and are at the heart of the northern half of the White Mountain National Forest.
Crisscrossing the Crescent and Presidential Ranges are 100 miles of trails maintained by the RMC.
www.randolphmountainclub.org /trailsinfo/wherearewe.html   (160 words)

  
 Miroku Game - Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As illustrated at the beginning of the Catalogue one of the 'most jealously guarded' Japanese secrets is now out and these High Quality hand crafted guns are now available in very limited numbers.
Working in parallel with the high technology of the rest of our range our craftsman embody the skills that have been acquired in manufacturing over the last 100 years in Japan blending the ancient with the modern to compete with the very best in the World.
As with all Presidential Grade Guns selected French Walnut is used for both Fore end and Stock with both being finely hand chequered.
www.miroku.co.uk /gamprrange.html   (155 words)

  
 Chauvin Guides International, Presidential Traverse Guide
It is such a challenge not because of any technical difficulty, it actually only requires basic crampon and ice axe skills, it's challenge comes from the objective hazards and logistical difficulties.
Modern day climbers who are focused on the technical difficulties of a route often ignore many of the skills that are required for a successful Presidential Traverse.
Unfortunately, the weather in the Presidential Range is seldom that good.
www.chauvinguides.com /PresiTraverse/presiguide.htm   (542 words)

  
 White Mountains
The Presidential Range, featuring famed Mount Washington, is hands down the highest, most scenic, most visited, and most famous of the many ranges that make up the White Mountains, but the Franconia Region is not far behind, conceding only in the category of acreage above timberline.
Surrounding these two central areas are peripheral ranges that, while lower and less interesting than the Presidentials or Franconia area, are still extremely worthwhile in the context of eastern mountains.
The Carter Range, for example, would be the dominant mountain group in Vermont if it were to be moved west fifty miles.
www.peakbagger.com /range.aspx?rid=1612   (554 words)

  
 Presidential Range (Green Mountains) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Presidential Range of the Green Mountains is a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont.
Its major peaks are named for several U.S. presidents of the period from the Civil War through World War I.
From north to south (which corresponds to the chronological order of the corresponding presidencies), this Presidential Range includes
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Presidential_Range_%28Green_Mountains%29   (79 words)

  
 americasroof news - hiking and climbing the highest mountains and hills in the world and U.S.
The seven square miles of alpine habitat on the highest elevations of the Presidential Range is the largest area east of the Mississippi River in the United States of an ecosystem that covers less than 5 percent of the terrestrial world.
The sedge community — those grass-like lawns found at the highest elevations —is one of the rarest alpine vegetation communities in the Northeast and is home to several rare species.
East of the Rocky Mountains, it is only known to breed in the Chic-Choc Mountains of Quebec, and in the Katahdin and Presidential Range.
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 Mount Washington Observatory: Visitor Information: The Presidential Range   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This mountain, the northernmost of the Presidentials, is named in honor of James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.
Mount Lincoln, in the Franconia Range, was named to honor Abraham Lincoln, though at least one early guidebook suggests that the name was originally given to the small summit between Mount Lafayette and today's Mount Lincoln.
The Carter after whom the Range is named is obscure; some say he was a local hunter, others a doctor seeking medicinal plants.
www.mountwashington.org /visitor/mountains/mountains.html   (1452 words)

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