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Cannon Mountain
- Prominence
- 222 m729 ft
- Isolation
- 2.8 km
- Tonight
- 27°FPartly cloudy · Wind 10–15 mph NW
Cannon Mountain is a 1,244 m (4,081 ft) mountain in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,244 m · 4,081 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Lafayette (1,600 m)
- Range
- White Mountains
- Region
- New Hampshire, United States
- Protected area
- Franconia Notch State Park
- Coordinates
- 44.1568° N, 71.6988° W
Cannon Mountain 3D map
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Cannon Mountain terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Cannon Mountain elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Cannon Mountain weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 10–15 mph NW
Cannon Mountain forecast for the summit, about 1,134 m.
- Tonight27°–10–15 mph NW
- Sat32°46°–15 mph NW
- Sun37°53°–5–15 mph W
- Mon30°52°2%10–25 mph NW
- Tue25°38°2%10–15 mph NW
- Wed32°42°6%0–5 mph S
- Thu39°49°21%10 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:35 UTC.
Camping & parking near Cannon Mountain
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Cannon Mountain, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
1.4 km ENE
Nearest parking
1.7 km ESE
Nearest campsite
Lafayette Campground
Nearest hut
Lonesome Lake Hut
Nearest caravan site
Cannon Mountain RV Park
All mapped places 12
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Trailhead | 1.4 km ENE |
| Parking | 1.7 km ESE |
| Parking | 1.7 km NE |
| Parking | 1.7 km NE |
| Lafayette CampgroundCampsite | 1.9 km SE |
| Trailhead | 1.9 km NE |
| Lonesome Lake HutHut | 2.1 km S |
| Old Bridal Path TrailheadTrailhead | 2.2 km SE |
| Cannon Mountain RV ParkCaravan site | 2.3 km N |
| Greenleaf HutHut | 3.1 km E |
| Kinsman Pond TentsiteCampsite | 3.5 km SW |
| Liberty Springs TentsiteCampsite | 6.0 km SE |
Slope
Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 18.3% of the 36 km² view
- Relief in view
- 911 m low point 383 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Cannon Mountain summit.
Summit list 6
- 1Cannon Mountain - East Peak1,170 m 0.6 km ENE
- 2Mittersill Peak1,097 m 1.1 km NW
- 3The Cannon Balls East1,149 m 1.2 km SW
- 4The Cannon Balls1,115 m 1.8 km SW
- 5The Cannonballs West1,126 m 2.4 km WSW
- 6Bald Mountain682 m 2.9 km N
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 680 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Canadian bunchberry172
- Bluebead lily166
- Hobblebush162
- Painted trillium153
- Sheep laurel144
- Balsam fir97
Where Cannon Mountain sits
- Region
- New Hampshire15United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Cannon Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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GIS & GPS
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,244 m at the summit; the official height is 1,244 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,244 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 1,244 m | 0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 1,244 m | -0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 1,245 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,236 m | -8 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-23)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia