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About some of the locations visited.
Lincoln, New Hampshire
Lincoln is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,271 at the 2000 census. Lincoln, the second-largest town by area in New Hampshire, includes the village of North Lincoln and the former village site of Stillwater. The town is home to the New Hampshire Highland Games and to a portion of Franconia Notch State Park. Large portions of the town are covered by the White Mountain National Forest. The Appalachian Trail crosses in the northeast. Lincoln is the location of the Loon Mountain ski resort and associated recreation-centered development.
Cannon Mountain
Cannon Mountain (formerly Profile Mountain) is a 4,100 foot (1,250 m) peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Known for both its technical rock and ice climbing (particularly on Cannon Cliff, pictured) and its skiing (the state-owned Cannon Mountain Ski Area), the mountain was home to the Old Man of the Mountain until the formation collapsed on May 3, 2003. It is the parent mountain of three mountains, with heights of 3,693, 3,700, and 3,769 feet (1,125, 1,127 and 1,148 m), collectively known as "The Cannon Balls." The mountain is a type of geological formation known as an exfoliating granite dome which is layered like an onion. Cannon Mountain is located within Franconia Notch State Park.
Franconia, New Hampshire
Franconia is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 924 at the 2000 census. Set in the White Mountains, Franconia is home to Franconia Notch State Park. Parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the east and south. The Appalachian Trail crosses the southern part.
New London, New Hampshire
New London is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,116 at the 2000 census.
Enfield, New Hampshire
Enfield is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,618 at the 2000 census. Enfield includes the villages of Enfield, Enfield Center, Upper Shaker Village, Lower Shaker Village and Lockehaven.
The primary settlement in town, where over 36% of the population resides, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the Enfield census-designated place (CDP) and includes the main village of Enfield, centered around U.S. Route 4 and the inlet of the Mascoma River into Mascoma Lake.
Mascoma Lake
Mascoma Lake is a 1,165-acre (4.71 km2)[1] lake in western New Hampshire, United States. Most of the lake is located within the town of Enfield, while a small portion is within the city of Lebanon, where it drains into the Mascoma River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.
The lake's general trend is from southeast to northwest, with the outlet at the northwestern end. The Mascoma River enters the lake near its halfway point, from the northeastern side, at the town center of Enfield. The southeastern end of the lake is fed by the Knox River. The lake's average depth is 30 feet (9.1 m) with a maximum depth of 68 feet (21 m).
The lake freezes during winter and is stable enough to be walked upon. Ice fishing is popular on the lake. During the winter months, ice shacks dot the frozen surface. The lake is stocked with trout by the New Hampshire Fish and Game department.
Mascoma Lake has a spring cyanobacteria bloom. In June 2009 the State of New Hampshire discouraged people from recreation in some areas of the lake because of the bloom.[2] However, the lake is considered safe for swimming, and the town of Enfield maintains a public beach with a lifeguard on the lake.
NASA and its partners have used the frozen lake to test a robotic rover as a simulation of Antarctica.
Mascoma Lake is home to the Dartmouth College sailing team. A community sailing club called the Shaker Village Sailing Club also offers sailing on the lake.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (pronounced /ˈdɑrtməθ/) is a private, coeducational university[7] located in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Incorporated as "Trustees of Dartmouth College,"[8][9] it is a member of the Ivy League and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.[10] In addition to its undergraduate liberal arts program, Dartmouth has medical, engineering, and business schools, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences. With a total enrollment of 5,848, Dartmouth is the smallest school in the Ivy League.[3]
Established in 1769 by Congregational minister Eleazar Wheelock with funds largely raised by the efforts of Native American preacher Samson Occom, the College's initial mission was to acculturate and Christianize the Native Americans. After a long period of financial and political struggles, Dartmouth emerged from relative obscurity in the early twentieth century.[11] In 2004, Booz Allen Hamilton selected Dartmouth College as a model of institutional endurance "whose record of endurance has had implications and benefits for all American organizations, both academic and commercial," citing Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward and Dartmouth's successful self-reinvention in the late 1800s.[12] Dartmouth alumni, from Daniel Webster to the many donors in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, have been famously involved in their college.[13]
Dartmouth is located on a rural 269-acre (1.1 km²) campus in the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire. Given the College's isolated location, participation in athletics and the school's Greek system is high.[14] Dartmouth's 34 varsity sports teams compete in the Ivy League conference of the NCAA Division I. Students are also well-known for preserving a variety of strong campus traditions.
Woodstock, Vermont
Woodstock is a town in and the shire town[3] (county seat)[4] of Windsor County, Vermont, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 3,232. It includes the villages of Woodstock, South Woodstock and Taftsville. Popular with tourists, Woodstock is noted for its scenic beauty and pristine historic architecture.