Lake Winnipesaukee
from Summit of Mount Major
Mount Major is 1,785 feet in elevation and located in central New Hampshire. It overlooks Alton bay on the southwest shore of Lake Winnipesaukee.
George and I took a loop
trail beginning and ending at the parking lot off of route 11. From the back,
left-hand corner of the Route 11 parking lot, we took the orange blazed Boulder
Loop Trail. Boulder Loop Trail is about 1.6 miles from the parking lot to the
summit of Mount Major.
Boulder Loop Trail climbs
easily at first then gets steeper with ledges and huge boulders requiring at
least one squeeze through. After a final steep climb, we began to see some
views of Lake Winipeasaukee. It took about
another 15 minutes to reach the summit and the remains of a stone built hiker
hut. Our total time form parking lot to
summit was about 90 easy going minutes.
The granite laden summit
overlooks beautiful Lake Winnipeasaukee. The view below to our right is Alton
Bay with an across the lake vjew of the town of Wolfboro. We take in the breath-taking sights of some
of the 258 islands on the lake, and its 182 mile shoreline. The lake is 72 square miles, and about 21
miles long and 9 miles at its widest point, so we just got enough taste of the
beauty of this gem of New Hampshire
Our Descent from the summit was on the blue blazed Mt Major Trail. The Boulder loop orange-blazed trail junctions with the blue blazed trail Mt Major trail at the summit (be aware the Beaver Pond Trail also meets at the summit to check your map.)
Our total trip was about 3
hours which includes a half hour on the summit.
Certainly this is a family hike mountain for all ages.
Statistics
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Elevation:
1,785' (544m)
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Prominence:
187' (57m)
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Location = Central New Hampshire, USA
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Area of water surface = 72 square miles
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Number of islands = 258
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Distance around lake = 182 miles
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Height above sea level = 504 feet
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Overlooks Lake Winnipesaukee
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