Summit view diagrams (What's that peak yonder?)

[Sanbu]

Some years ago Appalachia published summit view diagrams for Monadnock and Mount Washington. They indicated the names of mountains on the horizon and their distance. Have these diagrams been posted to the internet? Are there summit view diagrams for other New England mountains?

 

[iAmKrzys]

Some years ago Appalachia published summit view diagrams for Monadnock and Mount Washington. They indicated the names of mountains on the horizon and their distance. Have these diagrams been posted to the internet? Are there summit view diagrams for other New England mountains?

Maybe you should try peakfinder.org: https://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=42....ele=368&date=2016-05-29T03:50Z&name=Monadnock

 

[iAmKrzys]

Maybe you should try peakfinder.org: https://www.peakfinder.org/?lat=42....ele=368&date=2016-05-29T03:50Z&name=Monadnock

Actually, I think some time ago my son first showed me http://www.heywhatsthat.com/ which is how I knew something like this exists.

 

[Amicus]

Scudder's White Mountain Viewing Guide (2d Ed.) includes his peerless summit diagrams and descriptions for 54 peaks and is a bargain at $18.50. You can get it at Mountain Wanderer or directly from Brent Scudder's High Top Press. http://www.hightoppress.com/mtnviewingguide.html

 

[kerry13]

Some years ago Appalachia published summit view diagrams for Monadnock and Mount Washington. They indicated the names of mountains on the horizon and their distance. Have these diagrams been posted to the internet? Are there summit view diagrams for other New England mountains?

Here is a 360 deg panoramic view from the summit of Monadnock that was done originally by Chamberlain, who wrote the "Annals of Monadnock" which is still the bible of early history of the mountain. You should note that the nautical direction for the various peaks, from the summit of M, are correct but the bearings are all taken from the various peaks to Monadnock so you have to add 180 deg to the given bearing to get the proper bearing from M summit. I was confused when I first looked at it and it took me awhile to figure out why everything was 180 deg off. I could be wrong in my conclusion about the bearing discrepancy so if I am I would appreciate knowing the real reason. Not sure if you were looking for a personal copy, if so just PM me and I will gladly email you a copy.


I apologize for the image orientation. The orientation was okay in my file but when I uploaded it it got turned 90 deg and I can't seem to find a means to rotate it back. If one of the moderators could rotate it I'd appreciate it or tell me how and I will try to do it.

 

[Sematary]

Welcome to the digital age - an app that will get your location and show you every peak in view: https://www.peakfinder.org/mobile/ $3.99 only. Very cool

 

[DayTrip]

Here is a 360 deg panoramic view from the summit of Monadnock that was done originally by Chamberlain, who wrote the "Annals of Monadnock" which is still the bible of early history of the mountain. You should note that the nautical direction for the various peaks, from the summit of M, are correct but the bearings are all taken from the various peaks to Monadnock so you have to add 180 deg to the given bearing to get the proper bearing from M summit. I was confused when I first looked at it and it took me awhile to figure out why everything was 180 deg off. I could be wrong in my conclusion about the bearing discrepancy so if I am I would appreciate knowing the real reason. Not sure if you were looking for a personal copy, if so just PM me and I will gladly email you a copy.
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I apologize for the image orientation. The orientation was okay in my file but when I uploaded it it got turned 90 deg and I can't seem to find a means to rotate it back. If one of the moderators could rotate it I'd appreciate it or tell me how and I will try to do it.

You can just right click the image and save the file to your computer and rotate or edit it in a program like irfanview.