What is Mount Monadnock?
{{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Monadnock | other_name = Grand Monadnock | photo = 2007_11Nov_10_Mount_Monadnock_Summit_Rocky_Plateau.jpg | photo_caption = Rocky plateau on summit of Mount Monadnock | location = [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]] / [[Dublin, New Hampshire|Dublin]], [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire|Cheshire County]], [[New Hampshire]], [[United States]] | elevation_ft = 3165 | elevation_ref = <ref>Summit elevation between 960 and 966 m.</ref> | prominence_ft = 2150 | prominence_ref = <ref>[[Key col]] elevation between 1,000 and {{convert|1020|ft|m|abbr=on}}</ref> | coordinates = {{coord|42|51|39|N|72|6|29|W}} | type = Littleton formation<br>[[schist]]/ [[quartzite]] | orogeny = | age = 400 million years | first_ascent = 1725 by Captain Samuel Willard | easiest_route = White Arrow Trail<br>2.3 mi (3.7 km) | listing = <nowiki>#33</nowiki> [[New England Fifty Finest]] }} '''Mount Monadnock''', or '''Grand Monadnock''', is a mountain in the [[New England]] state of [[New Hampshire]]. Authors such as [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] and [[Henry David Thoreau]] wrote about the mountain, so it is well-known. It is the highest mountain between the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]] of New Hampshire and the Massachusetts [[Berkshires]]. It is the highest point in [[Cheshire County, New Hampshire]]. Monadnock is one of the most popular mountains to climb in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nhstateparks.org/explore/state-parks/monadnock-state-park.aspx |title=NH Division of Parks & Recreation: Monadnock State Park |access-date=2012-08-09 |archive-date=2012-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606180058/http://www.nhstateparks.org/explore/state-parks/monadnock-state-park.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> At {{convert|3165|ft|m|0}}, Mount Monadnock is nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than any mountain within {{convert|30|mi|km}}. It is 2,000 feet (600 m) above the nearby land. Mount Monadnock is in the towns of [[Jaffrey, New Hampshire|Jaffrey]] and [[Dublin, New Hampshire]].