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Mount Pierce

Mountain on Webster Cliff Trail, Appalachian Trail in White Mtn. NF, Appalachian Mountains near Twin Mountain Wildlife Center, NH

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Mount Pierce is a mountain in the Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is approximately 4,310 feet (1,314 m) high. Formerly called Mount Clinton for 19th-century governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, in 1913 it was renamed after President Franklin Pierce (1804–69), the only president born in New Hampshire, although the newer name is not universally accepted. Its summit offers a wide view of New Hampshire's mountains. The shortest trail route to the summit of Pierce is from a parking lot to the west of the mountain on Mount Clinton Road just off Route 302. The trail primarily follows the Crawford Path — the oldest continually used hiking trail in the United States, having been established in 1819 by Abel Crawford. The Appalachian Trail and Webster Cliff Trail…