Red Group D2B2
There are two types of location, absolute, and relative. The absolute location is usually latitude and longitude. The latitude of the summit of Mt. Cardigan is N 43degrees 38minutes 59seconds and the longitude is W071degrees 54minutes 59seconds. The absolute location of the main lodge is at N 43degrees 38minutes 58seconds and W071degrees 52minutes 40seconds. The summit of Mt. Cardigan is west of the Main lodge. Both the AMC Lodge and Mt. Cardigan is in Alexandria, NH. The summit is 3,155 ft above sea level. From the summit you can also see the mountains, Mount Monadnock, the White Mountains, Camel's Hump, and Pleasant Mountain. Firescrew, the mountain right across from Cardigan is north of Mt. Cardigan. It takes about 1 hour and 5 minutes and 45.5 miles away from Hopkinton, NH. Mt. Cardigan is basically north of Hopkinton.
There are two types of Geography, cultural and physical. Cultural is anything about people. At Mt. Cardigan there are many things that are cultural geography. For instance, Scotch Pines were brought here from Scotland to be used as Christmas trees by Scottish settlers and have spread all over Cardigan and other places in the world. Also, the Indian Cucumber grows all over Cardigan, and yes, it can be eaten. The cellars at the bottom of the mountain also provided shelter for travelers or people farming on the mountain and/or around there. I remember seeing the AMC lodge which is cultural geography too because it was built by people and people eat and stay there. The old car at the top of the ski trail that we saw was used to power the ski lift. There were also lots of trails made by farmers back then and even people who work at the AMC lodge.
Physical geography is anything that DOES NOT have anything to do with people, as long as you can still map it. The weather between sessions 1 and 2 were very different. On session 1, it was blue skies and warm, and on session 2, it was rainy and a bit colder. Welton Falls is also an example because it is a body of water and you could certainly map where it is. Mt. Cardigan is actually an example of physical geography itself, and Firescrew is too. Some groups also saw a monarch butterfly popping out of a cocoon. We also saw Beach, Birch, and Maple trees all over the mountain. There were lots of salamanders at the base of the mountain near the lodge in the pond that we saw. There were many birds there as well.
For three days, Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3, we were at Mt. Cardigan.