The notch was home to the Old Man of the Mountain, a rock formation which collapsed in 2003 but whose profile remains a symbol of the state of New Hampshire.
^The eventual compromise—a narrow, speed-controlled 8-mile stretch—required Congress to pass a special amendment to the standards applied across the rest of the U.S. interstate system. Appalachian Mountain Club: The Battle for Franconia Notch
^ Kimberly A. Jarvis, From the Mountains to the Sea: Protecting Nature in Postwar New Hampshire (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020) online review
Further reading
Kimberly A. Jarvis, Franconia Notch and the Women Who Saved It (Durham: University of New Hampshire Press, 2007.
External links
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Franconia Notch
franconia, notch, elev, feet, major, mountain, pass, through, white, mountains, hampshire, dominated, cannon, mountain, west, mount, lafayette, east, lies, principally, within, state, park, traversed, parkway, interstate, route, parkway, required, special, con. Franconia Notch elev 1 950 feet 590 m is a major mountain pass through the White Mountains of New Hampshire Dominated by Cannon Mountain to the west and Mount Lafayette to the east it lies principally within Franconia Notch State Park and is traversed by the Franconia Notch Parkway Interstate 93 and U S Route 3 The parkway required a special act of Congress to sidestep design standards for the Interstate highway system 1 because it is only one lane in each direction 2 Franconia NotchView of Franconia Notch dominated by Cannon Mountain A scree field can be seen at the bottom of the Cannon cliffs Elevation1 950 ft 594 m Traversed byInterstate 93 U S Route 3LocationFranconia Lincoln Grafton County New Hampshire United StatesRangeWhite MountainsCoordinates44 10 15 N 71 41 17 W 44 1707 N 71 6881 W 44 1707 71 6881 Coordinates 44 10 15 N 71 41 17 W 44 1707 N 71 6881 W 44 1707 71 6881Topo mapUSGS Franconia NH U S National Natural LandmarkDesignated1971 Walker s Cascades First Franconia Notch stereoscopic image by the Bierstadt Brothers The notch was home to the Old Man of the Mountain a rock formation which collapsed in 2003 but whose profile remains a symbol of the state of New Hampshire The notch is located primarily in the town of Franconia but extends south into Lincoln It is bordered to the east by Franconia Ridge comprising Mount Lafayette 5 249 feet 1 600 m Mount Lincoln 5 089 feet 1 551 m and Little Haystack Mountain 4 780 feet 1 460 m and to the west by 4 080 foot 1 240 m Cannon Mountain and the sheer face of Cannon Cliff The notch s height of land is located near its northern end at the base of Cannon Mountain Echo Lake lies just north of the high point of the notch with an outlet that flows into Lafayette Brook then the Gale River the Ammonoosuc River and finally the Connecticut River which enters Long Island Sound at Old Saybrook Connecticut Just south of the height of land Profile Lake lies beneath the cliff that once held the Old Man of the Mountain Profile Lake is the source of the Pemigewasset River the primary tributary of the Merrimack River which flows to the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport Massachusetts Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External linksSee also Edit New Hampshire portalList of mountain passes in New HampshireReferences Edit The eventual compromise a narrow speed controlled 8 mile stretch required Congress to pass a special amendment to the standards applied across the rest of the U S interstate system Appalachian Mountain Club The Battle for Franconia Notch Kimberly A Jarvis From the Mountains to the Sea Protecting Nature in Postwar New Hampshire University of Massachusetts Press 2020 online reviewFurther reading EditKimberly A Jarvis Franconia Notch and the Women Who Saved It Durham University of New Hampshire Press 2007 External links EditU S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Franconia Notch Franconia Notch State Park Franconia Notch looking south from Profile Lake Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Franconia Notch amp oldid 1113876797, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
