The Crawford Path is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) hiking trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is considered to be the United States' oldest continuously maintained hiking trail. It travels from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington (Agiocochook). The first iteration of the Crawford Path was cut in 1819 by Ethan Allen Crawford and his father, Abel Crawford. The trail ascends a cumulative 4,900 feet (1,500 m), first through densely wooded forest for about 3.1 miles (5.0 km), then following the exposed southern ridge of the Presidential Range mostly above the treeline.
5-531: The Crawford Path is a popular hiking trail. The primary parking lot for hikers is off Mt. Clinton Road, 0.1 miles from U.S. Route 302 . Using short loop trails, either off of or paralleling Crawford Path, the summits of Mt. Pierce , Mt. Eisenhower , and Mt. Monroe can be reached. The Crawford Path also passes the Appalachian Mountain Club 's Lakes of the Clouds hut, one of their High Huts of
10-548: The Crawford Path , the oldest continually used hiking trail in the United States . Crawford Path was established in 1819 by Abel and Ethan Crawford , who referred to the mountain as Bald Mountain . The Appalachian Trail and Webster Cliff Trail approach from Mount Jackson in the south and meet Crawford Path just north of the summit before continuing to the northeast. Mount Eisenhower and Mount Monroe lie on
15-560: The Clouds hut. 44°13′22″N 71°23′52″W / 44.22278°N 71.39778°W / 44.22278; -71.39778 Mount Pierce (New Hampshire) Mount Pierce is a mountain in the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is approximately 4,310 feet (1,310 m) high. Formerly called Mount Clinton for 19th-century governor DeWitt Clinton of New York , in 1913 it
20-542: The White Mountains . The Crawford Path is part of the Appalachian Trail from their junction north of Mt. Pierce to the summit of Mt. Washington. A brief history of Crawford Path: It is believed that the trail mostly follows the original path, except for a section between the summit of Mount Monroe and Mount Washington, which was diverted from the original path off the ridge to go by AMC's Lakes of
25-524: Was renamed after President Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), the only president born in New Hampshire, although it was several decades before the name was widely recognized. Its summit offers a wide view of New Hampshire's mountains. The shortest trail route to the summit of Pierce is from a parking lot to the west of the mountain on Mount Clinton Road just off Route 302 . The trail primarily follows
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