Cathedral Ledge - North Conway N H
by Mim White
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Cathedral Ledge - North Conway N H
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Mim White
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Description
Echo Lake State Park is nestled in the shadow of White Horse Ledge on the outskirts of North Conway NH.
At the lake is a bathhouse, swimming, and picnic tables. A mile-long auto road leads to the top of nearby 700-foot Cathedral Ledge. Both White Horse Ledge and Cathedral Ledge have gradual slopes up their western flanks, with sheer drops of bare rock, scraped clean by former glaciers, to the east.
Park History
In 1899 twenty two visitors and residents from Center Conway to Jackson raised $1000 and bought the land Cathedral Ledge is on. A year later the same was done for White Horse Ledge. The property was then deeded to the state. In 1943 commercial development was planned for the lake. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests joined with the state to raise funds to buy the property, thus protecting it.
Today Cathedral, White Horse, and Echo Lake lie within the boundaries and jurisdiction of Echo Lake State Park
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October 30th, 2015
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