| Carter Dome | |
| Elevation Ft: | 4826 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 2821 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Location: | Coös County, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Coordinates: | 44.2673°N -71.1793°W |
| Topo: | USGS Carter Dome |
Carter Dome, or simply The Dome,[3] is a mountain located in Coös County, New Hampshire, U.S. It has a maximum elevation of 4826feet, placing it on the list of the state's four-thousand footers.
Carter Dome is part of the Carter-Moriah Range of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, which runs along the northern east side of Pinkham Notch. The mountain is flanked to the northeast by Mount Hight and to the southwest by Wildcat Mountain (across Carter Notch).
The origins of Carter Dome's name is unknown. Local folklore suggests that it was named after a hunter named Carter, while a neighboring peak is named after his hunting partner, Hight.[4]
The mountain is ascended from the west by the Carter Dome Trail and Nineteen Mile Brook Trail, and from the east by the Black Angel Trail.[5]
Carter Dome has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb), closely bordering on a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc), with September only just averaging over 10C, making there four months with an average temperature of 10°C or more. For a climate to be classified as subarctic, it must have an average temperature of at least 10°C for one month but no more than three months, whereas humid continental climates have four or more months.