MOUNTAINS IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE.    577

,    lofty elevations in themselves add much to the fine scenery around

Gorham.

j    Monadnock    commonly    called the Grand Monadnock, situated in

jp    the towns of Jaffrey and Dublin in Cheshire county, is the highest

j    elevation in the southern and central section of the State and has

j    an altitude of 3,718 feet. The principal ascent is made from the

(    Jaffrey side.

I    The    scenery obtained from its summit is exceedingly fine. The

|    country    for many miles around appears like a vast plain studded

with numerous villages and ponds. See Jaffrey.

Mount Carr, in Wentworth, has a height of 3,652 feet. The view
from its crest is extensive.

Pegnawket or Kiarsarge Mountains, lies partly in Bartlett and
partly in Chatham, is 3,358 feet high. It is about three miles
from North Conway, one of the greatest points for summer tourists
in New-Hampshire. The view from the summit of this mountain
is very fine and extensive.

Table Mountain, is in Conway and has an altitude of 3,305 feet.
Prospect Mountain, is situated in Holderness and Campton,
about four miles from Plymouth depot. It is about 2,963 feet iu
height, and a view from its summit, is of the most diversified char-
acter. A good carriage road has been built to its very top, and is
much travelled by visitors stopping in Plymouth.

Kearsarge Mountain, is situated in the towns of Salisbury Warn-
er, Sutton and Wilmot in Merrimack county, and has an elevation
of 2,742 feet above tide water. It is approached by the cars on the
Northern railroad at the Potter Place depot in Andover, being
only four miles to the Winslow House on the side of the mountain,
and within one fourth of a mile from its summit. This fine hotel
is within the limits of Wilmot. It is reached on its southern side,
by the Concord and Claremont Railroad, at Warner. A carriage
road has been built on this side of the mountain nearly ta the
summit. The views from this mountain are the finest fn the State.
(See Warner and Andover.)

Ossipee. Ossipee Mountain has no connectiug chain with other
mountains, but is a separate pnound, about six miles in diameter
and is located within the limits of the towns Sandwich, Tdinworth,
Ossipee, Tuftonborough and Moultonborough. It is over 2,300
feet high, and presents a grand and imposing appearance, from all
the towns surrounding it.