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  Name Mount Jefferson
  Photo Mount Jefferson from US 3JPG
  Caption Mt Jefferson from west of Twin Mountain, NH Mt Adams also visible
  Elevation 5,712 ft (1,741 m)
  Prominence 742 ft (226 m)
  Location New Hampshire, USA
  Range Presidential Range
  Topographic Map USGS ''Mount Washington''
  Type Age=
  First Ascent Easiest route=Caps Ridge Trail
  Listing White Mountain 4000-Footers


Mount Jefferson is located in Coos County , New Hampshire , and is the third highest mountain in the state. The mountain is named after Thomas Jefferson , the third president of the United States, and is part of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains (New Hampshire) . Mount Jefferson is flanked by Mount Adams (to the North) and Mount Clay (to the South).

Mount Jefferson has a direct ascent along the Caps Ridge Trail, whose base ( Jefferson Notch ) is the highest point of any public highway in New Hampshire, 3,009 ft (917 m). This also gives the shortest ascent of any of the mountains of the Presidential Range.


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