Owl's Head (Franconia)
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Owl's Head from Bondcliff, with Franconia Ridge behind
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,025 ft (1,227 m) |
| Prominence | 825 ft (251 m) |
| Listing | White Mountain 4000-Footers |
| Coordinates | 44°8′40″N 71°36′18″W / 44.14444°N 71.60500°WCoordinates: 44°8′40″N 71°36′18″W / 44.14444°N 71.60500°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Franconia, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Parent range | White Mountains |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Owl's Head is a 4,025-foot (1,227 m) mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire. It lies between the Franconia Branch of the Pemigewasset River (to its east) and Lincoln Brook (to its west and south), in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest.
It is best known as one of the 48 White Mountains "four-thousand footers", and stands out among them mostly for what it lacks:
Probably for these reasons, it receives (as does Mount Isolation) a disproportionately frequent role as the last 4000-footer waiting to be climbed by those about to complete the list of 48.
In the fall of 2005, it was discovered that the traditional summit of Owl's Head (reached by the unmaintained beaten path) is actually a lower peak, and the true summit is approximately 0.2 mi north along the ridgeline. For now, the 4,000-footer committee is accepting climbs to the false summit.
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