Mount Mitten

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Mount Mitten is a 3,058 foot (932 meter) peak in the Dartmouth Range in New Hampshire. It is named for a mitten that Timothy Nash lost when climbing a tree atop the mountain to get his bearings. He saw Crawford Notch. [1]

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References

  1. Julyan, Robert Hixson; Julyan, Mary (1993). Place names of the White Mountains (Rev. ed.). Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. pp. 35–36. ISBN   9780874516388 . Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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