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uled races. If your car is not in tiptop shape, however, you would be well advised to take
one of the regularly scheduled chauffeured vans to the summit.
However you tour Mt. Washington, the trip will be worthwhile. “No other mountain,”
claims one admirer, “can boast of having a carriage road, railway, four hotels, two weather
observatories, a radio station, and a television station.” In addition, there are the splendid
views that can be enjoyed at the summit. From the peak of the mountain, you can see parts
of Maine, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Canada, and the Atlantic Ocean.
First opened as the Mt. Washington Carriage Road in 1861, the Auto Road was originally designed for stagecoaches.
Unless your vehicle is in top condition, you're better off ascending the eight-mile eastern slope in one of the regularly
scheduled chauffeured vans.
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Moose Brook State Park
AfterexitingtheWhiteMountainNationalForest,Rte.16passesthroughGorham.Ashort
side trip west on Rte. 2 leads to Moose Brook State Park, which is located in the heart of
the Presidential Range. Despite its name (which comes from a brook), the 87-acre park is
not inhabited by moose, but these massive antlered relatives of deer can be seen nearby on
tours hosted by the Gorham Chamber of Commerce during the summer.
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