Owl's Head (Franconia, New Hampshire)


Owl's Head is a mountain in Franconia, New Hampshire. It lies between the Franconia Branch of the Pemigewasset River and Lincoln Brook, in the Pemigewasset Wilderness of the White Mountain National Forest.
It is best known as one of the 48 White Mountains "four-thousand footers", and stands out among them mostly for what it lacks:
Probably for these reasons, it receives a disproportionately frequent role as the last 4000-footer waiting to be climbed by those about to complete the list of 48.
In the fall of 2005, it was discovered that the traditional summit of Owl's Head is actually a lower peak, and the true summit is approximately 0.2 mi north along the ridgeline. For now, the 4,000-footer committee is accepting climbs to the false summit.