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• Profile Lake
  "Gorgeous as ever, profilers to frame Old Man, Nice!"
  "I liked that I could hike artist bluff and have a very pretty view of this. So rewarding to hike and have such a reward. Franconia Notch is very visible here. Many other points of view to see other than Old Man. "
• Franconia Notch State Park
  "Topnotch Park in a Notch"
  "An unusual parkway between the Kinsman and Franconia mountain ranges rolls and winds north to south for 8 miles through this 6,440-acre park; this route runs from Echo Lake south to Flume Gorge. A bike path parallels the parkway. The stone outcrop called Old Man of the Mountain is just a pile of rub..."ble; only a historical site commemorates it now. Echo Lake is an excellent photogenic stop at the north end, in season or out — even at $4 to get inside, this was hands-down our favorite place on the entire parkway. Flume Gorge is another one at the south end — aside from stopping in at the Visitors Center we avoided it. Many scenic turnouts punctuate the route. Summer and fall are by far the best times of year to see this park. Fall traffic is only slightly heavier than summers each year. " More >
• Old Man of the Mountain Historic Site
  "Gone But Not Forgotten-"The Old Man Has Fallen""
  "In Terminal E at Boston's Logan Airport, I had just returned from a month in Russia and heard someone comment that "the old man has fallen". An EMT with experience of elderly falls, I looked around and inquired where this person might be. No, "The Old Man of the Mountains in Franconia" came the quic..."k response. As this information began to sink in, I thought that this long expected loss had taken place and I was not even around to mourn its loss. On the drive to my home in Sugar Hill, less than 10 miles from where the rubble from this once proud monument now rested on a steep talus slope of fractured granite. Passing underneath the Franconia Cliffs over Profile Lake where the thousands of years of erosion- and gravity-challenged granite had added to that massive pile, I strained to find any sign that "he" might still be there, but only a scar remained against the cliffs where the official symbol of the State of New Hampshire once sat watching all who passed beneath along the Route 3/-I... " More >