The highest wind ever observed by man was recorded here. From 1932 to 1937 the Mt. Washington Conservatory was operated in the summit stage office then occupying this site in a great storm of April 12, 1934. The crew’s instruments measured a wind . . . — — Map (db m62065) HM
Near Mount Washington Auto Road west of White Mountain Road (State Highway 16).
The Appalachians are among the oldest mountains on Earth, reaching back more than 500 million years into time. The present chain which stretches from the Gaspe to Georgia once may have been higher than the Alps or the Rocky Mountains. Weather and . . . — — Map (db m125198) HM
On White Mountain Road (State Highway 16) at Mount Washington Auto Road, on the right when traveling north on White Mountain Road.
Local History
The explorer Verrazano was the first European to view the White Mountains from his ship along the Atlantic coast in 1524. Darby Field was the first white man to climb Mt. Washington in 1642. The Indians called Mt. Washington . . . — — Map (db m125197) HM