THE MOUNTAINS OF NEW ENGLAND 



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4,364 feet, having a little hotel, built in 1858, near the 

 top. The backbone of this mountain is a long, rocky 

 ridge ; but most of the mountains, as their name would 

 imply, are covered with evergreen trees to the top. 

 There are twenty-five summits between three thousand 

 and four thousand feet. To connect these various 

 heights the Green Mountain Club was organized in 1910, 

 and soon there will be a forest trail along the entire 

 chain from Massachusetts to Canada, 157 miles air line, 

 which of course the Long Trail, as it is called, does not 

 follow. It is very earthly and very woodsy and will 

 probably be nearly 250 miles long, nor do the mountains 

 stop at the northern border, they keep right on into the 

 Province of Quebec. 



The mission of the Green Mountains and of the state 

 that has taken their name is to look pleasant, to cheer. 

 Other states have Black, Blue, White and Ruby moun- 

 tains, but Vermont stands by her color and invites the 

 pilgrim to climb her green heights or rest by the way 



Under the greenwood tree 

 And tune his merry note 

 Unto the sweet bird's throat. 



In central Massachusetts, east of the Connecticut valley, 

 is another ridge of hills, which after crossing into New 

 Hampshire, sends up a well-known watch tower known 

 as Mt. Monadnock, 3186 feet. This range, in the main 

 low, the watershed between the Connecticut and the 

 Merrimac, continues northward sending up an occasional 

 peak like Mt. Sunapee, the southern Kearsarge and ^t. 

 Cardigan, until half way up the state near the headquar- 

 ters of the Merrimac it breaks all bounds and increases 

 greatly in height, forming an irregular mass, the White 

 Mountains, roughly forty miles square and spreading out 

 clear across the state. Beyond the White Mountains are 

 still more mountains extending well into Canada, in fact 

 the northern half of New Hampshire has very little 

 level land. Somewhat north of the centre of the White 

 Mountains the New England highlands culminate in 

 Mount Washington, which rises a few hundred feet 

 above its peers to a height of 6293 feet. In the sixty miles 

 from Randolph, at the north of the White Mountains, 

 to the northern point of New Hampshire only two roads 

 cross the state, nor are there many trails. A few have 

 been opened up, namely, on the Pilot Range and Percy 



ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SCENE IN THE ADIRONDACKS 



This is Heart Pond and Mount Mclntyre from Mount Jo. It Is typical forest mixed hardwoods on the lower levels with bal- 

 sam fir and red spruce on the margin of the pond. Ideal vacation land, set with jewel-like lakes. 



