page_title: Presidential Traverse
section_title: Additional named peaks
hierarchical_section_title: Presidential Traverse / Options / Additional named peaks
caption_attribution_description: English: The Great Gulf in New Hampshire's White Mountains below the shoulder of Mount Washington
context_page_description: A Presidential Traverse is a strenuous and sometimes dangerous trek over the Presidential Range of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Contained almost entirely in the 750,000-acre White Mountain National Forest, the Presidential Range is a string of summits in excess of 4,000 feet. To complete the traverse, one must begin at either the northern or southern terminus of the Presidential Range and finish at the opposing end. Beginning the journey at the northern end at Mount Madison, one would pass through the townships of Low and Burbank's Grant, Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, Sargent's Purchase, Chandler's Purchase, and Bean's Grant, all of which are in Coös County.
context_section_description: A traverse which collects all of the trail-accessible peaks in the Presidential Range includes (from north to south):
  Mount Clay - named after Henry Clay (a senator from Kentucky and contemporary of Daniel Webster). Strictly regarded, Clay lacks the 200 feet (61 m) of prominence above the shoulder of Mt. Washington to be considered eligible and is thus considered a minor summit of that peak. (In 2003, the New Hampshire legislature passed a law renaming the peak as "Mount Reagan", after President Ronald Reagan, but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) voted in May 2010 not to change the name of the mountain.)
  Mount Webster - named for Daniel Webster, famed American statesman and New Hampshire native.
  Mount Franklin - named for famed inventor and political figure Benjamin Franklin, a sub-peak of Mt. Monroe.
  Adding these peaks increases total mileage traveled and elevation gain to 22.8 miles (36.7 km) and 10,041 feet (3,060 m).
caption: The Great Gulf and the northern Presidentials as seen from the Gulfside Trail
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