Mount Whiteface

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For the fifth-highest mountain in New York state, see Whiteface Mountain (New York) .

Mount Whiteface
Elevation	1,225 metres (4,020 feet)
Location	New Hampshire, USA
Range	Sandwich Range
Prominence	180 m (600 ft)
Coordinates	43°56.02′N, 71°24.34′W
Topo map	USGS Mount Tripyramid

Mount Whiteface is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The mountain is part of the Sandwich Range of the White Mountains. Whiteface is flanked to the northwest by Mount Tripyramid, and to the northeast by Mount Passaconaway. Whiteface is on the eastern border of the Sandwich Range Wilderness. To the east, between Whiteface, Passaconaway, and Mt. Wonalancet, lies The Bowl natural area, an unlogged cirque.

Mt. Whiteface lies within the watershed of the Saco River, which reaches the Gulf of Maine at Saco, Maine. The south side of Whiteface is drained by the Whiteface River, thence into the Cold River, Bearcamp River, Ossipee River, and the Saco River. The east side is drained by the Wonalancet River, thence into Swift River, and Bearcamp River. The north side is drained by Downes Brook, thence into another Swift River, and the Saco River.

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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