So far we hiked Pack Monadnock and Little Monadnock, and Bill
hiked Mount Monadnock. We knew of one more Monadnock
to try – North Pack Monadnock.
The map below shows the area. We’ve been camping by the blue marker south of Winchendon, Massachusetts.
The red markers are southern New
Hampshire’s monadnocks. The western most monadnock is
Little Monadnock. The red marker with the white circle around it is Mount Monadnock
and the two easterly markers show the location of Pack Monadnock and North Pack
Monadnock.
NORTH PACK MONADNOCK
This was our first hike up North Pack Monadnock. We picked a
beautiful day with very few other hikers along the well-blazed trail. We got
some views at the top and saw again the peak of Mount
Monadnock. Once at the summit, Bill hiked an additional 1.5mi on the Cliff Loop
Trail.
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view of Pack Monadnock from North Pack Monadnock’s Cliff Loop
trail
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| view of Mt Monadnock from North Pack Monadnock |
We’ve enjoyed our monadnock hikes. Here’s how the hikes
compare:
Little Monadnock 1900ft, 1.4mi to summit 700ft
North Pack Monadnock 2276ft, 1.5mi to summit 878ft
Pack Monadnock 2290ft, 1.4mi to summit 840ft
Mount Monadnock 3166ft, 2mi to summit 1750ft
CATHEDRAL OF THE PINES
And yet one other glimpse we got of Mount
Monadnock was when we stopped by
Cathedral of the Pines in Rindge NH, an outdoor wedding venue with a backdrop of Mount Monadnock.
Barbara attended a friend’s wedding there in the early 80s.
We liked the inscriptions in the rocks at the entrance.
