Mount Webster

{{Short description|Mountain in New Hampshire, United States}} {{Distinguish|Mount Webster (Antarctica)}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Webster | image = View from willey.jpg | image_caption = The view from [[Mount Willey]] along the spine of the [[Presidential Range]], from [[Mount Jefferson (New Hampshire)|Jefferson]] (left background) to Mount Webster (right foreground). | elevation_m = 1,192 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 46 | prominence_ref = | location = [[Bean's Purchase, New Hampshire|Bean's Purchase]], [[Coös County, New Hampshire|Coös County]] / [[Hart's Location, New Hampshire|Hart's Location]], [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire|New Hampshire, U.S.]] | range = [[Presidential Range]] | coordinates = {{coord|44|11.69|N|71|23.29|W|type:mountain_region:US |display=inline,title}} | topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] ''Crawford Notch'' | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Webster''' is a [[mountain]] located on the border between [[Coos County, New Hampshire|Coos County]] and [[Carroll County, New Hampshire|Carroll County]], [[New Hampshire]], United States. Formerly called '''Notch Mountain''', it is named after [[Daniel Webster]] (1782–1852), and is the south-westernmost of the [[Presidential Range]] of the [[White Mountains (New England)|White Mountains]]. Mount Webster is flanked to the northeast by [[Mount Jackson (New Hampshire)|Mount Jackson]]; to the southwest it faces [[Mount Willey]] across [[Crawford Notch]].

The west face of Mount Webster drains directly into the [[Saco River]], thence into the [[Gulf of Maine]] at [[Saco, Maine]]. The north and southeast faces drain into the Saco via Silver Cascade and Webster Brook respectively.

Mount Webster is on the western boundary of the Presidential Range - Dry River Wilderness. The [[Appalachian Trail]], a 2,170-mile (3,500-km) [[National Scenic Trail]] from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] to [[Maine]], runs along the ridge of the Presidentials, across the summit of Webster.

== Gallery == <gallery> File:Sign on the Webster-Jackson Trail.jpg|A sign at the start of the Webster-Jackson trail </gallery>

== See also == {{portal|New Hampshire}} * [[List of mountains in New Hampshire]] * [[White Mountain National Forest]]

== External links == * {{gnis|872876|Mount Webster}} * [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=44.194751&lon=-71.388224 Mount Webster on Topozone] * [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6968 PeakBagger.com: Mount Webster] * [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/151444/mount-webster.html summitpost.org: Mount Webster]

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