Views from the bottom

[McRat]

It's a beautiful day, but I've got three sick kids and will be staying home.

I'm holding up well by planning future hikes, but boredom has set in and I pondered the following question. For some strange reason, I am very confident that the VFTT community will be able to answer this.

What is the LOWEST elevation point in the WMNF?

Both with and without trail if it differs.

Longer-term goal is ideally to plan and complete a WMNF lowest- to highest-point hike to Mt. Washington. No speed records in mind, just seems like my kind of lunacy.

Boredom is a dangerous thing.

 

[hikerfast]

100 lowest

id like to do some long traverses along the lowest places. like thru the pemi several different way. go from lincoln woods out to zealand..etc, in a day. learn the route for winter to get familiar for a big ski. lincoln woods out carrigain notch or out norcross ponds. another route is a day hike of the whole wild river valley. how does some of that sound

 

[NH_Mtn_Hiker]

McRat wrote:
What is the LOWEST elevation point in the WMNF?

The lowest place I found is in North Conway, South, South-East of Echo Lake State Park, near West Side Road....elevation = approx. 470'.

Credit: AMC WMNF map #5 (lower left corner) and Topozone.com

Edit: I was bored.

 

[arghman]

The lowest place I found is in North Conway, South, South-East of Echo Lake State Park, near West Side Road....elevation = approx. 470'.

Credit: AMC WMNF map #5 (lower left corner) and Topozone.com

Not quite. Try the area south of Evans Notch.
WMNF owns some parcels that reach as far southeast as Middle Brook, just above where it enters Upper Kimball Pond. Elevation is around 430ft.
(I'm familiar w/ the area, that's my excuse ). Source: topozone and the WMNF GIS layers on their CD they made available during the WMNF revision plan process.

Perhaps there's a lower low spot, I'm not sure. Check their ownership in the Gilead/Bethel area.

 

[sweeper]

If you want to go really crazy-

How about tacking a map to the wall and throwing two darts at it and hike between them.

 

[Remix]

Umm, the lowest point is probably underwater

If your really bored, you can explore "the other 70 percent of the earth".

 

[TenPeaks]

A few years ago I lived in an apartment at the beach. My last trip up Mt. Washington was a day hike from sea level to the summit and back. I don't think you can get much lower than that in the east.