| Jericho Mountain | |
|---|---|
| Black Mountain | |
_Mountain%2c_N.H.jpg) Jericho Mountain as seen from Sugar Mountain | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,454 feet (748 m) |
| Coordinates | 44°28′0″N71°13′19″W / 44.46667°N 71.22194°W /44.46667; -71.22194 |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Coös County,New Hampshire, United States |
Jericho Mountain, also known locally asBlack Mountain, is a mountain inCoös County,New Hampshire, in theUnited States. It has an elevation of 2,454 feet (748 m).[1]
Jericho Mountain is flanked byMount Forist to the northeast, and to the southwest by Sugar Mountain and theCrescent Range. Jericho Mountain is within the city limits ofBerlin, the settled part of which lies 2 miles (3 km) to the east, where many views of the mountain can be obtained.
TheAbenaki people called the mountainMiccasadenauk, meaning "mountain with a black summit", which gave way to its originalEnglish name, "Black Mountain".[2] The Abenaki name, and ultimately the English one, may have came about due to the mountain's long history offorest fires, the trees being destroyed leaving a rocky summit blackened by ash. The last of these great fires occurred in 1903.[3]
In 1935, theUnited States Forest Service requested theUnited States Board on Geographic Names to rename the mountain to distinguish it from six other "Black Mountains" in theWhite Mountain National Forest. The name suggested was "Jericho Mountain", after Jericho Brook near the base of the mountain.[4] Despite the new name being officially approved by the BGN on April 25, 1936, many locals still refer to the mountain by its former name.[5]
In 2006, Jericho Mountain became the site of the firstwind farm in the state, when Loranger Power Generation constructed three 160-foot-tall (49 m)wind turbines near the summit.[6] The turbines were soon after vandalized and were decommissioned, and the 135-acre (55 ha) site was sold to Jericho Mountain Wind Company.[7] Jericho Power, LLC, later leased the land and erected five 500-foot (150 m) turbines in 2014.[8]
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