Mount Washington
At 1,917 metres the highest peak in the Northeastern United States, and the most prominent mountain east of the Mississippi. A road and a cog railway climb to its summit, which is known for some of the harshest weather on earth.
- Where
- Gorham, New Hampshire, United States
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 44.2708, -71.3035
Get the Mount Washington stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Washington. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New Hampshire volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mount Washington
USS Constitution 212 km
A wooden three-masted frigate launched in 1797, the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat anywhere. She won the nickname Old Ironsides when cannonballs seemed to bounce off her oak hull in 1812, and is berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Freedom Trail 213 km
A 4 kilometre walk through Boston, marked by a red line in the pavement, that links 16 places important in American history. It runs from Boston Common past Faneuil Hall and the Old North Church to the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown.
Faneuil Hall 213 km
A brick market hall and meeting house opened in 1742, where so many speeches and debates were held that it is called the Cradle of Liberty. Shops and stalls fill the ground floor, the Great Hall meeting room is upstairs, and Quincy Market lies just behind.
Fenway Park 215 km
The oldest active ballpark in Major League Baseball, home of the Boston Red Sox since 1912. Its quirks include the tall left-field wall known as the Green Monster and the right-field foul pole called Pesky's Pole.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 215 km
One of the largest art museums in the world by gallery space, owning more than 500,000 works including over 8,000 paintings. Its collections are especially strong in Japanese art, Egyptian antiquities and French Impressionism.
Acadia National Park 246 km
A national park on the coast of Maine covering about half of Mount Desert Island, with parts of Isle au Haut and the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula. From Cadillac Mountain, its highest point, some of the first sunrises in the United States can be seen for part of the year.
Cape Cod 304 km
A hooked peninsula reaching into the Atlantic from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, with long beaches, dunes and old maritime towns. Bartholomew Gosnold named it in 1602, which makes it one of the oldest English place names in the country.
The Breakers 311 km
A 70-room summer house built for Cornelius Vanderbilt II between 1893 and 1895, on the cliffs above the Atlantic in Newport. It is the grandest of the Gilded Age mansions along the town's shore, with interiors in the manner of an Italian Renaissance palazzo.
Questions
Where is Mount Washington?
Mount Washington is in Gorham, New Hampshire, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are USS Constitution (212 km), Freedom Trail (213 km), Faneuil Hall (213 km).
How do I get the Mount Washington stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Washington and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New Hampshire volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mount Washington before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New Hampshire volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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