How the 52 With a View checklist works
The list is the Over the Hill Hikers' official 52 With a View, as revised in June 2025. Every peak is under 4,000 feet, and each was picked for its view. The elevations are the keepers' figures from the 2019 statewide LIDAR survey.
1. Check off what you've hiked
Tick the box next to each hike you've done. Two entries are pairs of summits done as one hike, North and South Doublehead and Welch and Dickey. Each pair counts once. If you hiked a peak that has since been retired, check it in the retired group at the bottom. It counts toward your 52.
2. Read your progress
The panel counts your hikes out of 52, the percent done and how many are left. Summit feet adds up the elevation of every summit you've checked, using the higher summit for the two pairs. It is not your elevation gain on the trail.
3. Plan what's left
Set Show to "Still to climb" to see only the current peaks you haven't done. Retired peaks drop out of that view, since you never need them.
Worked example
A hiker has done Welch and Dickey, Mount Willard, Mount Chocorua, Mount Monadnock and Mount Cardigan, and climbed Mount Starr King years ago before it was retired. That is 6 of 52, or 11.5%, with 46 to go.
| Welch and Dickey | 2,722 ft |
|---|---|
| Mount Willard | 2,850 ft |
| Mount Chocorua | 3,490 ft |
| Mount Monadnock | 3,170 ft |
| Mount Cardigan | 3,149 ft |
| Mount Starr King (retired) | 3,915 ft |
| Summit feet | 19,296 ft |
The retired peak counts, so this hiker needs 46 more from the 47 current peaks still unclimbed. The highest of those is Sandwich Dome at 3,992 ft.
Where the sources differ
The list changes every 5 to 10 years, and some websites and older books still show an earlier version. In 2025 the keepers retired Blueberry Mountain (Benton), Mount Martha (Cherry Mountain) and Mount Starr King and added Bald Peak, Iron Mountain and Owlshead (Carroll). In 2020 they retired Black Mountain Middle Peak (Jackson), Hibbard Mountain, Square Ledge (Albany) and West Royce Mountain. Carr Mountain left the list in 2001 and Mount Wolf in 2010.
Elevations moved too. The keepers updated every summit to 2019 LIDAR survey figures, so older lists can be a few feet off. When a number here disagrees with your guidebook, the guidebook is probably using the older map elevation.
