Mount Tripyramid (New Hampshire)

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Tripyramid (North Peak)
Elevation	1,275 metres (4,180 feet)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Range	Sandwich Range
Prominence	415 m (1,360 ft)
Coordinates	43°58.40′N, 71°26.57′W
Topo map	USGS Mount Tripyramid

Tripyramid (Middle Peak)
Elevation	1,262 m (4,140 ft)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Prominence	85 m (280 ft)
Coordinates	43°57.87′N, 71°26.40′W

Tripyramid (South Peak)
Elevation	1,247 m (4,090 ft)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Prominence	35 m (120 ft)
Coordinates	43°57.61′N, 71°26.48′W

Mount Tripyramid is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain, so-called because it has three distinct peaks along its mile-long summit ridge, is part of the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains. Scaur Peak and "The Fool Killer" are subsidiary peaks to the northwest and northeast. To the southeast, Tripyramid is connected by "The Sleepers" ridge to Mount Whiteface.

Mt. Tripyramid is drained on the west side by Slide Brook and Avalanche Brook, thence into the Mad River, Pemigewasset River, Merrimack River, and into the Gulf of Maine at Newburyport, Massachusetts. Tripyramid is drained on the east side by Sabbaday Brook, thence into the Swift River, Saco River, and into the Gulf of Maine at Saco, Maine. Tripyramid is drained on the north side by Pine Bend Brook, another tributary of the Swift River.

Both North and Middle Tripyramid are included in the Appalachian Mountain Club's list of New England "four-thousand footers". Although over 4,000 feet in height, South Tripyramid is not, because it stands less than 200 ft above the col on the ridge from Middle Tripyramid.

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4000-foot mountains of New England
Maine:
Baxter State Park:		Katahdin (Baxter) • Katahdin (Hamlin) • North Brother
High Peaks:		Abraham • Crocker • Redington • Saddleback • Saddleback, The Horn • South Crocker • Spaulding • Sugarloaf
Bigelow Range:		Bigelow (Avery) • Bigelow (West)
Eastern White Mountains:		Old Speck
New Hampshire:
Northern ranges:		Cabot • Waumbek
Carter-Moriah Range:		Carter Dome • Middle Carter • Moriah • South Carter • Wildcat (A) • Wildcat (D)
Presidential Range:		Adams • Eisenhower • Jackson • Jefferson • Isolation • Madison • Monroe • Pierce • Washington
Crawford Notch area:		Field • Tom • Willey
Twin Range:		Bond • Bond (West) • Bondcliff • Galehead • Hale • North Twin • South Twin • Zealand
Pemigewasset Wilderness:		Carrigain • Hancock (North) • Hancock (South) • Owl's Head
Sandwich Range:		Osceola • Osceola (East) • Tripyramid (Middle) • Tripyramid (North) • Passaconaway • Tecumseh • Whiteface
Franconia Range:		Flume • Garfield • Lafayette • Liberty • Lincoln
Western White Mountains:		Cannon • Kinsman (North) • Kinsman (South) • Moosilauke
Vermont:
Green Mountains:		Abraham • Camel's Hump • Ellen • Killington • Mansfield