Caps Ridge Trailhead

Caps Ridge Trailhead is a parking area in Coös County, New Hampshire. Caps Ridge Trailhead is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Jefferson Notch, as well as near the peak Millen Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Clay and Mount Jefferson.

Mount Clay

Peak

Photo: Paulbalegend, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Clay is a peak located in Thompson and Meserve's Purchase in Coos County in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. It is a rise about 0.9-mile long and a few hundred feet tall, with summit elevation of 5,533 feet; it lies on the ridge joining the summits of Mount Washington, about 0.9-mile to the south-southeast, with that of Mount Jefferson, about 1.3-mile north. Mount Clay is situated 2 miles east of Caps Ridge Trailhead.

Mount Jefferson

Peak

Photo: Paulbalegend, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Jefferson is located in Coos County, New Hampshire, and is the third highest mountain in the state. The mountain is named after Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. Mount Jefferson is situated 2 miles east of Caps Ridge Trailhead.

Mount Mitten

Peak

Mount Mitten is a 3,058 foot peak in the Dartmouth Range in New Hampshire. It is named for a mitten that Timothy Nash lost when climbing a tree atop the mountain to get his bearings. He saw Crawford Notch. Mount Mitten is situated 2 miles northwest of Caps Ridge Trailhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bretton Woods.

Bretton Woods

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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.

Caps Ridge Trailhead

Type: Parking area
Category: transportation
Location: Coös County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.29673° or 44° 17′ 48″ north

Longitude

-71.3536° or 71° 21′ 13″ west

Open location code

87PC7JWW+MH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 118667341

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=parking

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In Other Languages

“Caps Ridge Trailhead” goes by many names.

French: “stationnement mont jefferson”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Caps Ridge Trailhead and Jefferson Notch.

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