The Cardigan Trip

September 27-29 2015

by Jaclyn F

Day 2 Block 2


Mount Cardigan is located in the state of New Hampshire and has many different surroundings. Mt. Cardigan is located at 43.64 degrees N and 71.91 degrees W. Also, Cardigan is located in the White Mountains National Forest and in the Cardigan Mountain State Forest. In addition, Newfound Lake is nearby to the mountain. Additionally, there are fellow mountains that are closed to Mt. Cardigan. For example, Firescrew and Orange Mountain are the closest to Cardigan. The AMC Cardigan Lodge is also close to the mountain and it is accessible. There are also towns that are nearby which are Orange and Alexandria.

There are a lot of things that are considered physical geography at Mt. Cardigan. For example, there were a lot streams that we saw or crossed over. They were all very unique in many different ways. One of the streams was very curvy and another was very rocky. Also, there were so many different types of trees and plants. There were white birch trees, hemlock, striped maple and many others. In addition to the trees, the plant types we saw were different types of flowers and bushes. The weather at Cardigan Mountain was either cold and sunny or rainy and cold. There were definitely many mountains including Cardigan. Two other mountains that were surrounding were Orange Mountain and Mt. Fireshrew.

There was quite a bit of cultural geography at Mt. Cardigan. There were buildings that were either on Mt. Cardigan or around it. The three buildings were the Cardigan Lodge, the other lodge and the fire tower that was on top of Mt. Cardigan. In addition, there were many cars that were located at the beginning of the trail to get to Mt. Cardigan. Also, there weren't any schools around but the Hopkinton Middle High School was visiting for the week. There were a lot of people that visit and stay at the Cardigan Lodge and maybe even stay on the mountain. The language that were spoken at the mountain was English.

We were there for 3 days, September 27, September 28 and September 29 , 2015