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View from Mount Assurance, Enfield, New Hampshire

Mount Assurance is a mountain in New Hampshire, United States. It is close to Enfield and Mascoma Lake. It is possible to hike up the mountain. [1]

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The Shaker community in Enfield treated the peak as being sacred. [2]

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References

  1. Get up and out: Recreation possibilities abound in New Hampshire's Upper Valley, The Boston Globe .
  2. Brad Olsen, Sacred Places North America , CCC Publishing, 2008, page 328. ISBN   978-1-888729-13-9.