The Pilot Range is located in the
White Mountains of
New Hampshire
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in the
United States
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. The Pilot Range extends southeast-northwest about . The highest peak in the range is
Mount Cabot
Mount Cabot is a mountain located in Coos County, in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The mountain is the highest peak of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. Cabot is flanked to the northeast by The Bulge, and to the south of Bunnell Notch ...
, with an elevation of .
[Appalachian Mountain Club, ''White Mountain Guide'', 23rd ed. (1983), pp. 385-392]
Summits
From northeast to southwest, the range's principal summits include:
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Hutchins Mountain (1,137 m / 3,730 ft)
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Mount Cabot
Mount Cabot is a mountain located in Coos County, in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The mountain is the highest peak of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains. Cabot is flanked to the northeast by The Bulge, and to the south of Bunnell Notch ...
(1,268 m / 4,160 ft) *
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The Bulge
The Bulge is a mountain located in Coos County, New Hampshire.
The mountain is part of the Pilot Range of the White Mountains.
The Bulge is flanked to the northeast by The Horn, and to the southwest by Mount Cabot.
The Bulge stands with ...
(1,201 m / 3,940 ft)
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The Horn (1,190 m / 3,905 ft)
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Terrace Mountain (1,114 m / 3,655 ft)
The summits marked with an asterisk (*) are included on the
Appalachian Mountain Club's
peak-bagging
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list of "
Four-thousand footers
Four-thousand footers (sometimes abbreviated 4ks) are a group of forty-eight mountains in New Hampshire at least above sea level. To qualify for inclusion a peak must also meet the more technical criterion of topographic prominence important in t ...
" in New Hampshire.
See also
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List of mountains in New Hampshire
List of Mountains in New Hampshire is a general list of mountains in New Hampshire, with elevation. This list includes many mountains in the White Mountains range that covers about a quarter of the state, as well as mountains outside of that rang ...
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White Mountain National Forest
References
External links
PeakBagger.com: Pilot Range
Mountain ranges of New Hampshire
White Mountain National Forest
Landforms of Coös County, New Hampshire
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