Now a museum, it is believed to be the oldest existing mountain top hostelry in the world.Īnd don’t forget to get your picture taken at the famous Mount Washington Summit sign, adjacent to the Tip Top House. It’s the same building that sheltered Sylvester Marsh and his pastor during a life threatening storm in 1857, and it’s where the seeds of the Cog Railway were planted in his mind. Send a card to friends and family with a unique Mount Washington post mark from the summit Post Office!Īdjacent to the visitor center is the historic Tip Top House, an original summit hotel dating back to 1853. Trains lay over at the summit for approximately one hour, plenty of time to explore the Sherman Adams Visitor Center and its rooftop observation deck, Extreme Mount Washington (an interactive weather exhibit), a cafeteria, and two gift shops.
After all, the subarctic tundra up here is similar to that of far northern Canada, and hurricane-force wind gusts occur on the summit an average of 110 days per year. The Brakeman hops off the coach to guide the engineer to the proper spot, the Engineer applies the parking brakes, and just like that, you’ve arrived at the highest point in the northeastern United States.Ĭonditions at the top can be quite a bit different than those at the base station, so hopefully you took our advice and brought a jacket! As you leave the coach, you’ll notice that it’s at least a little cooler and windier than it was at the Base Station. Because of thick fog and driving rain and snow, her hiking party had no way of knowing that they were so close to shelter at the summit.Īfter a routine safety stop at the summit switch followed by the “all clear” signal from your Brakeman, your train slowly comes up over the final slope and then levels out at the platform.
Young Lizzie Bourne is memorialized here as the first woman in recorded history to have perished on the summit after being forced to hunker down at this location during a devastating storm.
In less than an hour, you’ll climb through three climate zones to arrive at the top of New England!Īs your train approaches the summit, you’ll see a white marker perched on a pile of boulders on the right.
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