Lakes of the Clouds
The Lakes of the Clouds are a set of tarns located at the 5,032 ft col between Mount Monroe and Mount Washington in the White Mountains of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.Photo: Paulbalegend, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Pond
- Description: lake in Coos County, New Hampshire
- Also known as: “Blue Ponds”, “Upper Lake of the Clouds”, and “Washingtons Punch Bowl”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Monroe and Mount Washington.
Mount Monroe
Peak
Photo: Edison490, Public domain.
Mount Monroe is a 5,372-foot-high mountain peak southwest of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, United States.
Mount Washington
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Washington is an ultra-prominent mountain in the state of New Hampshire. It is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288.2 ft and the most topographically prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
Lakes of the Clouds Hut
Mountain hut
Photo: Thepatrickman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lakes of the Clouds Hut is a mountain hut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bretton Woods.
Bretton Woods
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bretton Woods is a city in New Hampshire. It is a village within the town of Carroll, NH and is mainly famous as the location of the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944 that attempted to rebuild the international economic system as World War II appeared to be coming to an end.
Lakes of the Clouds
- Categories: group of lakes and body of water
- Location: Coös County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.25831° or 44° 15′ 30″ northLongitude
-71.3175° or 71° 19′ 3″ westElevation
5,010 feet (1,527 metres)Open location code
87PC7M5M+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 32604727OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondGeoNames ID
5084715Wikidata ID
Q6479002
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In Other Languages
“Lakes of the Clouds” goes by many names.
- French: “Lakes of the Clouds”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lower Lake of the Clouds and Little Monroe.
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