The peak of Mount Jackson as seen from the lower bog on the mountain's northern flank.

Mount Jackson Trivia

Miscellanous facts about Mount Jackson and the hiking trails leading to it.

Mount Jackson Trivia

Although Mount Jackson is part of the "Presidential Range," it was originally named for 19th-century New Hampshire state geologist Charles T. Jackson and not President Andrew Jackson, but everybody forgets that.
Mount Jackson is listed among New Hampshire's 48 four-thousand-footers, but it barely makes the list. Only nine peaks on the list are less than Jackson's 4,052 feet.
Many of the higher mountains in New England have bare rock peaks, but most of these treeless zones are artificial. Examples that come to mind are Mount Monadnock and Mount Cardigan, and there are many others. These peaks were originally forested, but lost their tree cover due to logging or, surprisingly often, fires, within the past century or so. Harsh conditions have delayed the recovery of the forest, but the long-term natural condition of these mountains is to be tree-covered right to the summit. Not so Mount Jackson. It is one of very few peaks in the White Mountains known to have been treeless in prehistoric times.
Crawford Path, which constitutes much of my hike up Mount Jackson, is the oldest continuously used hiking trail in the U.S.

Crawford Path was built by brothers Abel and Ethan Crawford in 1819.

Mount Pierce, on which much of this hike lies, is named for Franklin Pierce, the only U.S. President born in New Hampshire.
Mount Pierce was once called Mount Clinton (but I can't find a reference to who this "Clinton" was that the mountain was named after). This is why the road over its northern flank is still called "Mount Clinton Road." My old map labels this mountain as "Mount Pierce (Mount Clinton)." I've seen newer maps that call it "Mount Clinton (Mount Pierce)." I say, let's keep our Mount Pierce and let Arkansas have its Mount Clinton.
Mount Clinton Road is the highest public road in New Hampshire.