Recently, three of us traveled over to the western part of the state and did Mount Cardigan in Orange and Alexandria. I was psyched to bring my friends there.
Mount Cardigan (3,155 feet) is a wonderful little mountain, set off by itself west of Newfound Lake and east of the village of Canaan. Its bald summit of smooth ledge offers some of the best views in New Hampshire.
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