The Kinsman Range , also known as the Cannon–Kinsman Range , is a north–south range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States . Its highest point is 4,358-foot-high (1,328 m) Kinsman Mountain , followed by the 4,293-foot (1,309 m) North Peak of Kinsman, and 4,080-foot (1,240 m) Cannon Mountain , one of the richest in rock climbing routes in the Whites. All are official " Four-thousand footers ". 3,478-foot (1,060 m) Mount Wolf is on the crest of the range south of Kinsman Mountain. Rounding out the range are 2,470-foot (750 m) Bald Peak on the west side of Kinsman Mountain and 2,530-foot (770 m) Mount Pemigewasset on the east side, overlooking Franconia Notch.
4-563: To the northeast, the range is connected by The Cannon Balls ridge to Cannon Mountain. The southwest end of the range is at Kinsman Notch , a 1,870-foot (570 m) mountain pass and westernmost of the White Mountains' four major notches. The 16.9-mile-long (27.2 km) Kinsman Ridge Trail traverses the entire range from Kinsman Notch to the north base of Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch. The Appalachian Trail follows
8-680: A series of boulders, when viewed from the foot of the mountain, resemble an antique artillery cannon. The Cannon Balls are flanked to the northeast by Cannon Mountain, and to the southwest by Kinsman Mountain . The south side of the ridge drains into Cascade Brook, thence into the Pemigewasset River , the Merrimack River , and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts . The north side drains into Coppermine Brook, thence into
12-714: The Pemigewasset River and Merrimack River . This New Hampshire state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Cannon Balls The Cannon Balls is a mountain ridge located in Grafton County , New Hampshire . It is part of the Kinsman Range of the White Mountains . The ridge has three peaks with elevations of, from west to east, 3,693, 3,660, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,115 and 1,148 meters). The ridge takes its name from adjacent Cannon Mountain , on which
16-588: The Kinsman Ridge Trail from Kinsman Notch to just north of the North Peak of Kinsman, where it turns east to Lonesome Lake before descending into the southern end of Franconia Notch. The range is in Grafton County , near the town of Lincoln . Its west side drains into Long Island Sound via the Gale River , Ammonoosuc River , and Connecticut River , the east into the Gulf of Maine via
#170829