Wender·Vista
Mount Pierce summit
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileNew Hampshire
at the southern end of the Presidential ridge

Mount Pierce summit

— the easy door into the high range.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The gentlest of the New Hampshire 4,000-footers in the Presidential Range, named for the state's only president, Franklin Pierce. The summit clears just above treeline with a long view north along the ridge to Eisenhower, Monroe, and Washington. Most hikers reach it from Crawford Notch by Crawford Path, the oldest continuously maintained hiking trail in the United States, cut in 1819.

from the studio
Mount Pierce summit
— bring it home

Mount Pierce summit, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Mount Pierce summit

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Mount Pierce rises to 4,310 feet at the southern end of the Presidential Range, the lowest of the Presidential 4,000-footers and widely regarded as the easiest of them to reach. It was renamed in 1913 from Mount Clinton to honour Franklin Pierce, the only United States president born in New Hampshire. The standard route is the Crawford Path from US Route 302 at Crawford Notch, about 3.1 miles to the summit with around 2,400 feet of gain through forest that opens to scrub near the top.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the visit

Most hikers begin at the Crawford Connector parking lot off US Route 302 in Carroll, joining the Crawford Path within the first quarter mile. The Crawford Path was cut in 1819 by Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford and is the oldest continuously maintained hiking trail in the United States. Many parties pair the Pierce summit with a night at Mizpah Spring Hut, the AMC's southernmost Presidential hut, a half-mile spur south of the summit. The hut sleeps sixty and runs from early June through mid-September.

— informed by AMC Mizpah Spring Hut
— the air

Pierce sits at the edge of the alpine zone; the summit barely clears treeline, with low scrub spruce holding the slope just below. The view runs north along the open ridge to Eisenhower, Monroe, Washington, and on a clear day to Madison and Adams at the far end. The Mount Washington Observatory's higher-summits forecast covers this terrain. Even on warm summer days the wind on the summit knob runs ten to twenty degrees colder than the parking lot below.

— where
United States · Coos County, New Hampshire
— within
White Mountain National Forest
— elevation
1,314 m · 4,310 ft
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
1 km S
Mizpah Spring Hut
AMC backcountry hut
2 km N
Mount Eisenhower
Presidential peak
4 km SW
Crawford Notch
mountain pass
2 km S
Mount Jackson
subalpine peak
N
Mount Pierce summit
Mizpah Spring Hut
Mount Eisenhower
Crawford Notch
Mount Jackson
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Mount Pierce summit — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The summit reaches 4,310 feet, making it the lowest of the Presidential 4,000-footers and the southernmost named peak of the high Presidential ridge in New Hampshire.

Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States and the only president born in New Hampshire. The peak was renamed from Mount Clinton in 1913 to recognise the state connection.

The standard route is Crawford Path from US Route 302 at Crawford Notch, about 3.1 miles to the summit with around 2,400 feet of gain. It is widely considered the gentlest Presidential 4,000-footer.

The Crawford Path, cut in 1819 by Abel and Ethan Allen Crawford, is the oldest continuously maintained hiking trail in the United States. It runs from US Route 302 over Pierce and along the ridge to Mount Washington.

An Appalachian Mountain Club backcountry hut a half-mile south of the Pierce summit, the southernmost of the Presidential huts. Opened in 1965, it sleeps sixty and runs from early June through mid-September.

— about the piece in your home

It often is. Pierce is usually one of the first Presidentials a peak-bagger climbs, and the Crawford Path memory carries weight. A Small or Medium with a handwritten studio note works well.

The forested ridge palette sits well in Mountain-modern interiors, New England farmhouse rooms, and quiet Scandinavian-leaning spaces. The greens and pale stone read calm against pine, white shiplap, or warm brown leather.

Place-specific peak art has run strong through the 2020s in the Northeast. Pierce reads as a personal milestone rather than a generic mountain scene, which suits the current direction in regional décor.

A single Large reads well above a console table; over a sofa, a four-tile Mural carries the wall, and a nine-tile Mural anchors a larger room without crowding adjacent pieces.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for bathrooms, showers, and kitchen backsplashes. Both are scratch-resistant and rated for vertical wet installations; Glossy belongs in dry rooms.

A microfibre cloth with water handles everyday dust. Mild soap on the Dura Satin or Matte where the kitchen earns it. Skip ammonia and abrasive pads on the Glossy finish.

Yes. Every WenderVista painting is by Reid Wender, the studio's curator. No licensing, no third-party art. Each tile is hand-finished in Knoxville, Tennessee before it ships.

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