About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: New England Four-thousand footers, Mount Washington, Camel's Hump, Mount Katahdin, Cannon Mountain, Mount Mansfield, Mount Lafayette, Mount Redington, Equinox Mountain, Stratton Mountain, Pico Peak, Wildcat Mountain, Mount Bigelow, Mount Carrigain, Mount Abraham, Mount Moosilauke, Saddleback Mountain, Dorset Mountain, Mount Nancy, Mount Eisenhower, Kinsman Mountain, The Sleepers, Jay Peak, Mount Pierce, Killington Peak, Mount Tripyramid, Big Jay, Mount Willey, Old Speck Mountain, Mount Whiteface, South Twin Mountain, Mount Passaconaway, Sandwich Mountain, Galehead Mountain, Mount Bond, Sugarloaf Mountain, Owl's Head, The Cannon Balls, Mount Waumbek, Baldpate Mountain, Mount Madison, Bread Loaf Mountain, Mount Field, Goose Eye Mountain, Mount Hancock, Boundary Peak, Mount Garfield, Elephant Mountain, Carter Dome, North Twin Mountain, Mount Jackson, White Cap Mountain, Crocker Mountain, The Nubble, Mount Tom, Mount Cabot, Saddleback Horn, The Bulge, Snow Mountain, Mount Zealand, Mount Weeks, The Horn, North Brother, Mendon Peak, Mount Tecumseh, Kennebago Divide, Mount Wilson, Scar Ridge, South Crocker Mountain, East Kennebago Mountain, South Brother, Fort Mountain, South Weeks, Mount Coe, Middle Carter Mountain, Mount Osceola, Mount Ellen, Mount Isolation, Mount Flume, Mount Hale, Spaulding Mountain, Mount Moriah, East Peak Mount Osceola, South Carter Mountain, Mount Liberty, Mount Monroe, High Peaks. Excerpt: Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288 ft (1,917 m), famous for dangerously erratic weather. A weather observatory on the summit long held the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth's surface, 231 mph (372 km/h) (or 103 m/s), on the afternoon of April 12, 1934. It was known as Agiocochook, or "Home of the Great Spirit," before European settlers ar...