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Pitcher Mountain

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Age of rock
  
200-400 million yrs.

Elevation
  
656 m

Mountain type
  
Metamorphic rock

Prominence
  
200 m

Pitcher Mountain blognhstateparksorgwpcontentuploads201307I

Location
  
Stoddard, New Hampshire

Easiest route
  
Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway

Similar
  
Skatutakee Mountain, Lovewell Mountain, Pack Monadnock, Little Monadnock Mountain, Mount Monadnock

Pitcher Mountain is a 2,153 feet (656 m) monadnock located in southwest New Hampshire. The mountain is traversed by the 50 mile (80 km) Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway and offers 360 degree views from its open summit. Lower elevations are wooded with species of the northern hardwood forest type; small stands of coniferous red spruce cling to the upper slopes. A fire tower stands on the summit and a beef livestock farm occupies the east shoulder of the mountain. Pitcher Mountain is part of an extensive area of heath barrens and blueberry fields that continue north over Hubbard Hill and Jackson Hill.

Map of Pitcher Mountain, Stoddard, NH 03464, USA

The east and north sides of Pitcher Mountain drain into the Beards Brook watershed, then into the Contoocook River, then the Merrimack River and the Atlantic Ocean. The west and south sides drain into Robinson Brook, thence Otter Brook, "The Branch", the Ashuelot River, then the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.

References

Pitcher Mountain Wikipedia