![]() Other: As with other areas of the White Mountains, be prepared for wind, rain, thunderstorms and muddy trails at any time, even in the summer.\): A) A closed-circuit recirculating flume.Great for raw footage, destruction and war, burning and slashing, extreme sports etc. This is a fast, brutal, ruthless and relentless blazing inferno of destructive mayhem hard rock track. Hiking: there’s quite a bit of hiking in the park, but we also didn’t do much of this however, trails are busy enough that they’ve started offering a hiker shuttle This is pretty much as in your face as were ever going to get.Camping: we didn’t camp in the park, but here is the campground information.Fees and passes: entry to the park is free, but entry to Flume Gorge is $16/person, and the park also operates an aerial tramway that charges a per person fee.Getting there: Franconia Notch State Park is located along I-93, a few minutes north of Lincoln, New Hampshire.In keeping with this theme, for the next couple weeks we will be exploring two other local New England destinations: Sturbridge Village and Cape Cod. This trip was a good reminder of that for me. There will always be things to see that are a little more local and just as beautiful/unique/interesting as the things that are far away. ![]() Sometimes, I think I get so caught up in trip planning and list making and logisticalizing that I forget that not all trips need to be massive undertakings. It wasn’t the 2000+ mile road trip we’re used to taking each year, but with my internship and Pat’s school (turns out dental students don’t get much of a summer break) it was all we had time for. New Hampshire State House and a replica of the Liberty BellĪnd this marks the end of our summer 2017 trip up to the White Mountains. ![]() It looked like pretty much every other state house I’ve ever seen, but it’s always neat to see the architecture and learn some historical and political facts about a new state. We were just about to pay for parking when a gentleman who was headed out handed us his parking receipt that still had about an hour left on it! We graciously thanked him and took advantage of the time to go on a fairly thorough self-guided tour of the State House. Our last stop of the day was a quick visit to the New Hampshire State House in Concord. However, even the rain couldn’t suppress the undeniable beauty of the gorge. Unfortunately for us, we were accompanied by a steady drizzle for the duration of our hike. A flume is a manmade water channel the 800 foot (244 m) long, 70-90 foot (21-27 m) tall Flume Gorge is very much not manmade.Īnyway, once we’d purchased our tickets, we departed out the back of the visitor center onto the 2 mile (3.2 km) loop trail that led us across the Pemigewasset River on a covered bridge, through the Flume Gorge on boardwalks built into the side of the granite walls, over to Liberty Gorge, back across the river via another covered bridge, past an enormous glacial boulder, and back to the visitor center. It’s also – in this case – not exactly being used correctly. I’ve always thought flume was kind of a silly word. ![]() It looked like a neat place and we wanted to see it, so we paid the entrance fee. Admission was $16 per person, which is probably a little ridiculous, but it is what it is. Though we’re budget travelers, we usually find one splurge item for each trip this was our splurge. Our only other stop in Franconia Notch State Park, was Flume Gorge. ![]() Any questions about these files contact the user who. Read the loops section of the help area and our terms and conditions for more information on how you can use the loops. If you use any of these black metal loops please leave your comments. It’s obviously not the same, but I guess it’s the closest I’ll ever get. The free black metal loops, samples and sounds listed here have been kindly uploaded by other users. In the end, the state settled on creating a monument on the shore of Profile Lake, complete with a setup that allows you to stand in a particular spot based on your height and gaze up at a metal rendition of the Old Man. In the years following his collapse, there was much debate over what to do. You might have noticed my use of past tense in the previous paragraph unfortunately, the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed in May 2003, a tragic ending for this iconic feature of New Hampshire. It was also huge: 40 feet (12 m) tall, 25 feet (7.5m) wide, and located 1200 feet (370 m) above Profile Lake, in which the face was sometimes reflected on a calm day. This was actually somewhat of an illusion, as the face was the combination of five perfectly-oriented cliffs. I imagine most of my US readers know what I’m talking about: the giant cliff face that looks like the profile of an old man. Ask anyone in New England what the most iconic image of New Hampshire is, and they’ll probably say the Old Man of the Mountain. ![]()
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