New Hampshire State Parks Guide 2008/2009 - (Page 21) >> WHITE MOUNTAINS REGION 14 MOUNT WASHINGTON State Park Route 302 • Sargent’s Purchase, NH 03589 603-466-3347 THIS 59-ACRE parcel, perched on the summit of the Northeast’s highest peak, is surrounded by the extensive White Mountain National Forest. On a clear day, views from the 6,288-foot summit extend beyond New Hampshire as far as 130 miles to Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Quebec and the Atlantic Ocean. Hike Mt. Washington. HE’S BEEN THROUGH 185-mph winds, temperatures of 45 degrees below zero and 48 inches of snow in 48 hours, but Park Manager Mike Pelchat has been at Mount Washington State Park for 29 years and he’s truly at home on this mountain. One of the best places to see “God’s handy-work, ” Pelchat suggests, is on the Mount Washington Summit in the Sherman Adams tower 6,330 feet above sea level. On clear days, every tree Park Manager +29yrs stands out like you are Mike Pelchat Mount Washington State Park looking at each through a magnifying glass, TIPS ON VISITING MOUNT WASHINGTON STATE PARK: Pelchat says. Also, Check the weather forecast at www.mtwashington.org and visit the Tiptop House dress for the coldest anticipated temperature. Or check the and experience the weather out for yourself through a network of cameras set Mount Washington up on the mountain. (And do a search for Pelchat’s YouTube videos detailing a summer thunderstorm, search and of 150 years ago. rescue, and rock climbing in a nearby ravine.) State Parks 21 http://www.mtwashington.com
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