Presidential Range

The Presidential Range of mountains is located in the White Mountains of the state of New Hampshire, almost entirely in Coos County. The most notable summits of the range are named for prominent Americanss, either public figures of the 18th and 19th centuries or Presidentss.

Summits

These summits include, in sequence from southwest to northeast:

• Mt. Webster - after Daniel Webster
• Mt. Jackson* - after Andrew Jackson
• Mt. Pierce* - after Franklin Pierce
• Mt. Eisenhower* - after Dwight Eisenhower (formerly Mt. Clinton - after DeWitt Clinton)
• Mt. Franklin - after Benjamin Franklin
• Mt. Monroe* - after James Monroe
• Mt. Washington* - after George Washington (General at time of naming, and only later President)
• Mt. Clay - after Henry Clay
• Mt. Jefferson* - after Thomas Jefferson
• Mt. Sam Adams - after Samuel Adams
• Mt. Adams* - after John Adams
• Mt. John Quincy Adams - after John Quincy Adams
• Mt. Madison* - after James Madison

In addition, two additional subsidiary peaks of Mt. Adams are commonly recognized by name:

• Adams 4 ("Mt. Abigail Adams" has been proposed)
• Adams 5

The summits marked with an asterisk (*) are included on the peak-bagging list of 4,000-foot and higher mountains in New Hampshire; the others are excluded, in some cases because of lesser height and in others because of more technical criteria.

Watersheds

The Presidentials separate drainage via the Saco and Androscoggin Rivers into the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of Maine, from drainage into the Israel and Ammonoosuc Rivers, thence into the Connecticut River, and thence into Long Island Sound.