Lake Sunapee from Mount Sunapee
— the lake the mountain shows you, once you climb.
Not only on a wall.
“From the summit of Mount Sunapee at 2,743 feet, Lake Sunapee opens to the north, eight miles long and bent like a question. The state park chairlift runs the ridge through foliage season; the Andrew Brook and Newbury trails carry hikers up the same slope. The lake from above reads darker than from the harbour, blue against the green of three forested islands.
Lake Sunapee from Mount Sunapee, on ceramic.
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The place, in three passes.
Mount Sunapee rises to 2,743 feet on the border of Newbury and Goshen in west-central New Hampshire, the centerpiece of Mount Sunapee State Park. The summit looks north across Lake Sunapee, the state's fifth-largest lake at about 4,085 acres and 8.1 miles long, lying in Merrimack and Sullivan counties. The summit is reached by the Sunapee Express chairlift from the ski area base on Route 103, or on foot via the Andrew Brook and Newbury trails, each roughly two miles each way.
Lake Sunapee covers about 4,085 acres with an average depth near 35 feet and a maximum depth of 105 feet. It holds three forested islands large enough to name: Great Island, Star Island, and Loon Island. It also holds the only inland lighthouses still operated in the state, the three Lake Sunapee lights maintained since the 1890s by the Lake Sunapee Protective Association. The lake drains north through the Sugar River to the Connecticut. From the summit the water reads darker than at the shoreline, slate blue against wooded ridges.
Mount Sunapee State Park, managed by New Hampshire State Parks, runs the summit chairlift on weekends from late June through Columbus Day, with an adult round-trip fare around $20. The summit lodge sits a short walk from the lift, with a viewing deck oriented north over the lake. Hikers can reach the summit free of charge on the Andrew Brook Trail from Mountain Road in Newbury or the Newbury Trail from Route 103, each about two miles one way with roughly 1,400 feet of climb.