Cardigan Mountain, the Nature Filled Hiking Range
By Andrew C.
Red Group D2B2
September 22, 23, 24 2021
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Red Group D2B2
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Part of one of the many mountain ranges in New Hampshire, Mount Cardigan is not a four thousand footer, but it still has some stunning views. It has a summit that is about 3,160 ft high, and is located right at North 43 degrees, 38 minutes 58.5 seconds, and West 71 degrees, 54 minutes 51.2 seconds. This is West of Big Sugarloaf Mountain. (A hiking area just West of Newfound Lake) It is also directly North of Wilmot, a New Hampshire town. That has basically narrowed the location down, but a big piece of where Cardigan is, is that it is on the East side of the town Orange, NH. Now that you know where Mount Cardigan is, then how about you go over there and hike from the AMC lodge up for a great time? Maybe even go from there to its neighboring mountain, Firescrew? Fresh air, great views, and happy memories await!
Mount Cardigan, the place of fresh air, great views and happy memories. It is basically a big area of nature, with very few human things on it. There are multiple streams running along and sometimes through the many paths, with even some rapid areas. It can be really sunny and warm at times, and, at others, full out rainy. Sometimes, by just going to the summit, you are literally in a cloud. When the HMHS 7th graders went on to the 2021 geography! session two field trip, on the summit of Firescrew, the neighboring mountain of Mt. Cardigan, you could not even see the other summit because there was a cloud blocking it, and then bam! The clouds parted and you realized that there was a whole other mountain right next to you! For both of the mountains, the summit is mostly bare rock, right below that a dense canopy of trees. Besides a few ponds at the base area, this is basically all the physicality to Mount Cardigan.
What is Cardigan Like?
There is much, much less cultural geography! than physical geography! at Mount Cardigan, but there still definitely is plenty. First of all, there is a large AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) lodge near the base of the mountain. For electricity, they use solar panels that are in a field next to the lodge. There is also the remains of a cellar, the cellar of a farmhouse that no longer exists. This is because the soil on the mountain and basically in New Hampshire is rocky. Another example of cultural geography! at Cardigan is the fire tower at the top of the summit. It is used to (obviously) spot fires, as it has a viewpoint for miles. One last piece of cultural geography! is how most of the people there (all, for I know) speak English. That is the main and basic language here in New Hampshire, along with basically all of the states. Together, the physical and cultural kinds of geography! make one mediocrely large, but happy, Mount Cardigan.