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Three weeks ago, the 7th graders of Hopkinton Middle High School Mount Cardigan located in Alexandria, New Hampshire. Although the elevation is 3,155 feet, the entirety of the summit is mostly rocky ledges, making it seem like a much higher mountain. It is about an hour away from Hopkinton Middle High School in Hopkinton New Hampshire, by bus. West of Cardigan is Newfound Lake. North of Mount Cardigan, there is another visible mountaintop, Firescrew. The apogee of Cardigan is a bare-rock summit that has a fire tower slightly east of the central area of the peak. The coordinates are North 43 degrees, 38 minutes, and 58.5 seconds. West 71 degrees, 54 minutes, and 51.2 seconds.
Physical: With stunning views, flowing waterfalls, and several varieties of trees, plants, fungi, and more, it is safe to say that Mount Cardigan has a LOT of examples of physical characteristics. For instance, Welton Falls is one of the viewpoints. It had been raining recently, so hundreds of mushrooms had popped out of the ground. We even saw Lion’s Mane once on our third day, which is one of the 5 edible mushrooms, and was really cool to see. Also, at the summit of Mount Cardigan and Firescrew, I saw a lot of moss and lichens, broken, fragile trees, and broken rock/crystals. There were a lot of birds flying around, as well. When we stopped at a pond, my group noticed that there were a lot of orange newts swimming around, which was very interesting!
Cultural: As well as physical, there were also several (although it cannot compare to the amount of physical characteristics) examples of cultural characteristics at Mount Cardigan. The AMC (Appalachian Mountain Club) lodge is one of the cultural attractions there, with rooms for people to stay in. At the lodge, there were a lot of solar panels that were HUGE and very tall. I saw cairns on the summit of the mountain as well as the fire tower. Scotch Pines, an old car at the top of a hill, the trail markers, the trails themself, camp sites, steps in the rocks, bridges/planks, and many more! We were there for three days, day 1, day 2, and day 3.