New Hampshire
Mount Monadnock
$60
Color — Blue
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Details
- 12 × 18 inches
- Printed on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton rag paper
- Drawn using precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, carefully protected and ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. The result merges mechanical precision with the organic texture and imperfections of real ink on paper.
Mount Monadnock rises 3,165 feet in southwestern New Hampshire, an isolated summit so distinctive it gave geology a word. A monadnock is any resistant rock mass left standing after the surrounding terrain has eroded away, and this is the original: a knob of metamorphic schist that refused to wear down with the rest of the New England peneplain. It is one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world, with an estimated 125,000 hikers reaching the summit each year.
This map reveals why the mountain commands such attention despite its modest height. The contour lines show Monadnock rising sharply and alone from the surrounding lowlands, with no connecting ridgeline or neighboring peaks. The upper slopes tighten to bare rock above treeline, the result of fires in the early 1800s that stripped the summit of soil, creating a bald, windswept crown visible from every direction.
Location Details
Location
Mount Monadnock
Range
New England Upland
Region
Northeast
Elevation
3,165 ft / 965 m
Coordinates
42.8611, -72.1081
Type
peak
One of the most-climbed mountains in the world. Its name became the geological term for an isolated peak
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