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The Mount Morgan Trail leads from NH Route 113 N of Squam Lake to the summit of Mount Morgan, providing a moderate hike with lake and mountain views. It is often done as a loop with nearby Mount Percival. Slight ledge climbing is required on the last .1 miles up Mount Percival, so hikers who are not up for this should climb Mount Morgan only as those ledges can be avoided.
Distance: About 2.1 miles one-way
Elevation gain: About 1500 feet, nominal on return
Maps:
USGS Squam Range
AMC Crawford Notch-Sandwich Range
Location: Lakes/White Mountains Regions
NH 2003-2004 map J-7
DeLorme NHA&G 39-G/F14 - Holderness/Campton
Holderness lies on Squam and Little Squam Lakes and can be reached by following US Route 3 from Exit 24 off I-93
Trailhead: NH Route 113 about 5.6 miles from US Route 3 in Holderness or about .5 miles N of Pinehaven Road (signed for Rockywold and Deephaven camps), elevation about 820 feet
43.7894°N, 71.5490°W (WGS84)
The trailhead can be reached by following US Route 3 S from Exit 24 off I-93 about 4.6 miles to Holderness. Turn L on NH Route 113 and continue about 5.6 miles to trailhead on L.
Far End: Summit of Mount Morgan, elevation about 2220 feet
Owner: private
Maintainer: Squam Lakes Association
Special regulations: No camping, fires, or motor vehicles
The Mount Morgan Trail starts as an overgrown woods road at the far end of the parking lot. At .1 miles, a .4-mile connector leaves R to circle around to the Mount Percival Trail, while the main trail continues to ascend on an old road with an occasional bypass of an eroded or wet section, finally becoming a trail and ascending to an intersection with the Crawford-Ridgepole Trail at 1.7 miles. To the L, the Crawford-Ridgepole heads toward Mount Webster, while to the R the trails run together toward Mount Morgan. At 1.9 miles, another intersection is reached with a side path L.
The Mount Morgan and Crawford-Ridgepole Trails go R and climb more steeply to a split at 2.0 miles where the Crawford-Ridgepole leads R .8 miles to the Mount Percival Trail. The Mount Morgan Trail turns L at this fork and at 100 yards reaches an unmarked junction where the better-marked trail goes L 50 yards to the viewpoint at the top of the ladder trail. Descending from the viewpoint down the ladders is not recommended. A faint trail leads R up to the summit where there is a survey marker from the Boston Museum of Science and a view to the N.
If this wasn't confusing enough, an unnamed summit higher than Mount Morgan is located about 100 yards E of the Crawford-Ridgepole Trail about .2 miles N of the junction. A thick bushwhack leads to it, with another viewpoint over the lakes.
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Map Notes: Connector trail not shown on USGS map, trails at top shown poorly
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