Mount Wonalancet is a mountain in the town of
Waterville Valley, New Hampshire
Waterville Valley is a New England town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 508 at the 2020 census, up from 247 at the 2010 census.
It is a resort town which attracts many visitors in the winter months with alpi ...
, overlooking the unincorporated communities of
Wonalancet and
Ferncroft. It is named after
Wonalancet, a 17th-century
sachem
Sachems and sagamores are paramount chiefs among the Algonquians or other Native American tribes of northeastern North America, including the Iroquois. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms (c. 1622) from different Eastern Alg ...
of the
Pennacook
The Pennacook, also known by the names Penacook and Pennacock, were Algonquian Indigenous people who lived in what is now Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine. They were not a united tribe but a network of politically and culturally ...
, a Native American people. Mount Wonalancet lies in
Grafton County, immediately west of the
Carroll County border, the county in which Ferncroft and Wonalancet are located.
To its immediate north and sharing the same massif is Hibbard Mountain. The pair lie between popular
Mount Chocorua
Mount Chocorua () is a mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, the easternmost peak of the Sandwich Range. Although the mountain is not outstanding for its elevation, it is very rugged and has excellent views of the surrounding lakes ...
to the east,
Mount Passaconaway
Mount Passaconaway is a mountain in the Sandwich Range Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest in Grafton County, New Hampshire, near Waterville Valley. It is named after Passaconaway, a 16th-century sachem of the Pennacook tribe, who ...
to the north, and
Mount Whiteface
Mount Whiteface is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains. Whiteface is flanked to the northwest by Mount Tripyramid, and to the northeast by Mount Passacona ...
to the west. Along with Mount Paugus, due east, the group makes up the easternmost mountains of the
Sandwich Range
The Sandwich Range is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States, north of the Lakes Region and south of the Kancamagus Highway. Although the range is not outstanding for its elevation, it is very rugged and has exce ...
, the southernmost of the
White Mountains. To the south, the Sandwich Range is bordered by the
Ossipee Mountains
The Ossipee Mountains are a small mountain range in the New England state of New Hampshire, United States. The remains of an ancient volcanic ring dike,Hall, Anthony, ''Igneous Petrology,'' Longman, 1987 p.75 - 76 they lie north of Lake Winnipe ...
immediately north of
Lake Winnipesaukee
Lake Winnipesaukee () is the largest lake in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, located in the Lakes Region at the foothills of the White Mountains. It is approximately long (northwest-southeast) and from wide (northeast-southwest), covering & ...
.
The most popular access is via the Mast Trail out of the Ferncroft parking area.
See also
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List of mountains of New Hampshire
The below list of mountains in New Hampshire is an incomplete list of mountains in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, with elevation. This list includes many mountains in the White Mountains range that covers about a quarter of the state, as well ...
References
External links
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Mt. Wonalancet at Peakbagger.org
Mountains of New Hampshire
Mountains of Grafton County, New Hampshire
New Hampshire placenames of Native American origin
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