The Presidential Range in New Hampshire forms a 12-mile mountain ridgeline with 8 peaks named after U.S. presidents. The highest 3 peaks are Mt. Washington at 6,288 feet, Mt Adams at 5,799 feet, and Mt. Jefferson at 5,716 feet. The average elevation changThe Presidential Range in New Hampshire forms a 12-mile mountain ridgeline with 8 peaks named after U.S. presidents. The highest 3 peaks are Mt. Washington at 6,288 feet, Mt Adams at 5,799 feet, and Mt. Jefferson at 5,716 feet. The average elevation change within 2 miles of the ridgeline is about 4,000 feet. The range has the greatest area above treeline, an alpine zone where extreme climate conditions prevent or stunt tree growth, of any place in the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. Other mountains are taller, such as the North Carolina Appalachians, but the Presidentials are 700 miles further north. The trails above treeline are marked by stacks of rocks, cairns, that are oddly attractive and sculptural and yet grim, like monuments to the many people who have perished above treeline in deadly weather. Mt Washington boasts the worst weather in world with an extreme low temperature of -47?F, wind gust of 231 mph, and a yearly snow total of 566 inches. The first day was Dolly Copp Campground (one of the largest U.S. Forest Service campgrounds) to Mt Madison via the Daniel Webster Trail, then to Madison Hut, Star Lake, Mt Adams, Madison Gulf, and the Great Gulf, a large glacier-formed valley. The second day was Pinkham Notch to Mt. Washington via the Boott Spur, then to Lakes of the Clouds Hut. You can drive to the top, even take a train, but the best way is by yourself, under your own locomotion.