White Mountains is a physical feature (range) in Coos County. The primary coordinates for White Mountains places it within the NH 03846 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | White Mountains |
Category: | New Hampshire physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Range |
Description: | Incomplete Record. Highest elevation is Mount Washington. |
History: | "The mountains are so named because they exhibit a ""bright appearance"" which gives them the appellation of ""white"". They were originally referred to as White Hill by Governor Winthrop in 1642. (Eliphalet and Phinehas Merrill, ""Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire, 1817, pp. 208-209)." |
County: | Coos County |
Latitude: | 44.2706207 |
Longitude: | -71.3042419 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for White Mountains: White Mountains.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for White Mountains does not include property ownership information.
Gorham, NH
(10.4 miles NE) Bartlett, NH (13.3 miles S) Berlin, NH (14.9 miles NNE) Whitefield, NH (16.7 miles WNW) |
North Conway, NH
(17.4 miles SSE) Bethlehem, NH (19 miles W) Lancaster, NH (20 miles NW) |
Marshfield Station, NH
(2.7 miles W) Glen House, NH (4.1 miles ENE) Bowman, NH (6.6 miles NNW) Bretton Woods, NH (6.8 miles W) |
Appalachia, NH
(7 miles N) Randolph, NH (7.4 miles N) Fabyan, NH (7.6 miles W) |