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Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, began a twenty-year effort to purchase and conserve Gap Mountain and its environs. Several land donations completed the project, enlarging it to more than 1,100 acres (4.5 km). The mountain supports a variety of wildflower species unusual to New Hampshire. The north / middle summits of the mountain are still more or less bare and support extensive
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430:Mount Major
304:Connecticut
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1166:Scar Ridge
1036:Mount Blue
945:Mount Hale
935:Mount Bond
922:Twin Range
814:Mount Clay
804:Boott Spur
468:Mount Shaw
435:Mount Rowe
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287:Recreation
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991:Black Cap
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126:Geography
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781:The Horn
184:Climbing
131:Location
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