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Jennings Peak Information

Elevation: 3,440 feet (1,048 meters)
Location: Sandwich, NH
Range: Sandwich Range
Features: Can be a loop hike, good summit views, Peak bag What is Peak Bagging?, Drakes Brook water crossing, 52 with a View
Distance of highlighted hike below: 8.6 miles with Sandwich Mountain and Noon Peak.

Jennings Peak is a 3,440 foot mountain in Sandwich, NH in the White Mountains. It is located in the Sandwich Range. It is part of the 52 with a View hiking list, as the summit offers wonderful views.

You can peak bag Jennings Peak along with Sandwich Mountain and Noon Peak by making a loop hike with the Sandwich Mountain Trail and the Drakes Brook Trail.

For peak-baggers:
Sandwich Mountain is 1.3 miles from the summit of Jennings Peak
Noon Peak is roughly 1 mile from the summit of Jennings Peak

Lists Jennings Peak are on: = A patch is available for this list
52 with a View

 


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Photo taken from the summit of Jennings Peak on 7-30-2014.


Jennings Peak Trail Maps Top

The map below shows how to get to the summit of Jennings Peak as well as Sandwich Dome and Noon Peak.

From the Sandwich Mountain Trail / Drakes Brook Trail Trailhead parking area on route 49, hike up the Sandwich Mountain Trail for 2.8 miles (going over Noon Peak). You will arrive at a junction with the Drakes Brook Trail on the left. If you hike on for a few more feet, you will come to a small junction with a spur trail on the right leading up to Jennings Peak. The spur trail leading to the summit is 0.2 miles up. After you enjoy wonderful views on the summit, you can choose to head over to Sandwich Mountain or head back to the parking lot.

To hike to Sandwich Dome, continue along the Sandwich Mountain Trail for 1.1 miles (passing a junction with the Smarts Brook Trail at 0.5 miles) until you reach the summit of Sandwich Mountain.

To head back down to the parking lot retrace your steps for the last 1.1 miles on the Sandwich Mountain Trail until you come to the junction with the Drakes Brook Trail. Take the Drakes Brook Trail on the right for 3.2 miles until you reach the parking lot (you will pass a junction after 2.8 miles with Fletcher's Cascade Trail.)

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Jennings Peak Photos Top


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Along the Sandwich Mountain Trail on 7-30-2014.

 

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Summit of Jennings Peak on 7-30-2014.

 

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Sign for the spur trail to get to Jennings Peak. Photo taken on 7-30-2014.



Jennings Peak Driving Directions Top

These are driving directions to the Drakes Brook / Sandwich Mountain Trailhead Parking lot
Take exit 28 off I-93 North onto NH49 towards NH 175 Campton / Waterville Valley. Drive 0.3 miles and turn right onto NH-49-East. (Route 49 is Valley Road). Drive roughly 10 miles until the small parking area on the right side of the road. If you reach the Waterville Campground or Tripoli Road (both on the left), you went too far.

If you have a GPS, you can put in Waterville Campground and just know to stop just short of that on Route 49 to the parking lot.


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