New Hampshire
Mount Monadnock
A pen-plotted topographic map of Mount Monadnock in the New England Upland, New Hampshire, drawn from real elevation contour data.
One of the most-climbed mountains in the world. Its name became the geological term for an isolated peak. 3,165 feet above sea level.
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Ink & paper: Blue
Size: 12×18"
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- 12 × 18 inches
- Drawn on 98 lb (160 gsm) archival cotton paper
- Precision technical pens and archival inks
- Signed and dated on the back
- Ships flat, protected, ready to frame
Each map begins with elevation data and is drawn by a pen plotter in our Vermont studio. Mechanical precision, plus the texture and small imperfections of real ink on paper.
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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.
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- Mount Monadnock
- New Hampshire
- United States
- New England Upland
- Northeast
- 3,165 ft / 965 m
- 42.8611N 72.1081W
- Mountain topographic map
- Original pen plot, archival ink on cotton paper
- 8 × 12 in · 12 × 18 in · 18 × 24 in
- One of the most-climbed mountains in the world. Its name became the geological term for an isolated peak
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