MOUNT PIERCE (NEW HAMPSHIRE)

'Mount Pierce' (formerly 'Mount Clinton', although the newer name is not universally accepted) is a mountain in the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is approximately 4,310 feet (1,314 m) high and is named after President Franklin Pierce, the only president born in New Hampshire. Its summit offers a wide view of New Hampshire's mountains. It is inaccessible by road.
The shortest trail route to the summit of Pierce is from a parking lot to the west of the mountain on Mount Clinton Road just off Route 302. The trail primarily follows Crawford Path, the oldest continually used hiking trail in the United States. The Appalachian Trail and Webster Cliff Trail approach from Mount Jackson in the south and meet Crawford Path just north of the summit before continuing to the northeast. Mount Eisenhower and Mount Monroe lie on the ridge northeast of Mt. Pierce. All three of these peaks are included on the peak-bagging list of four-thousand footers in New Hampshire.

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★ AMC Trip Planner

★ Summitpost.org: Mt. Pierce climbing info

★ PeakBagger.com: Mt. Clinton

★ Hike-NH.com: Mt. Pierce Trip Report