Mount Bond

Mount Bond is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is named after Professor George P. Bond (1825–1865) of Harvard University, and is the southernmost extension of the Twin Range of the White Mountains. Mount Bond is flanked to the north by Mount Guyot.

Mount Bond
Mount Bond from the Bondcliff ridge
Highest point
Elevation4,698 ft (1,432 m) [1]
Prominence298 ft (91 m) [1]
ListingWhite Mountain 4000-Footers
Coordinates44°09′11″N 71°31′52″W 
Geography
LocationLincoln, New Hampshire, U.S.
Parent rangeTwin Range
Topo mapUSGS South Twin Mountain
West Bond
Highest point
Elevation4520+ ft (1378+ m) [2]
Prominence200 ft (61 m) [2]
ListingWhite Mountain 4000-Footers
Coordinates44°09′17″N 71°32′37″W 
Geography
LocationNew Hampshire, U.S.
Bondcliff
Bondcliff at sunset
Highest point
Elevation4,265 ft (1,300 m) [3]
Prominence205 ft (62 m) [3]
ListingWhite Mountain 4000-Footers
Coordinates44°08′26″N 71°32′26″W 
Geography
LocationNew Hampshire, U.S.

Mount Bond has two subsidiary peaks, West Bond and Bondcliff (or "The Cliffs"). All three peaks are included on the Appalachian Mountain Club's list of "four-thousand footers".

Mount Bond is located within the Pemigewasset Wilderness Area. It drains to the east and west into the North Fork and Franconia Branch respectively of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, thence into the Pemigewasset and Merrimack Rivers, and into the Gulf of Maine in Massachusetts.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Bond, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  2. "West Bond, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
  3. "Bondcliffs, New Hampshire". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
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