Liberty Gorge - Franconia Notch, NH - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

c. Right from the Rim Path on the Rim Pool Path is Liberty Gorge, a beautiful 70 foot cascade, and down a series of log steps to the Pool, 'a stygian body of water’ 150 feet in diameter. Here the Pemigewasset falls in a cascade over a mass of rocks into a granite basin, a geological pot-hole, of water almost black because of its depth (40 feet). High surrounding cliffs contribute to the weirdness of the scene. Above the Pool on the rocky side of the mountain rises a Great Pine, estimated to be 175 feet in height. It is one of the largest in the State and considered to be over 175 years old. Left from the pool the path winds through a large number of Glacial Boulders, huge lichen-covered rocks left by the ice-sheet, to the Tea House.

This wonderful Cascade waterfall and stygian (I love that word, though I consider it more idyllic) Pool still exist, although the surrounding area has changed. The Great Pine was known as the Sentinel Pine was blown over in the hurricane of 1938. A sity foot section of the pine was used to construct the Sentinel Pine Covered Bridge, which is spanning the gorge.

Book: New Hampshire Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 325 Year Originally Published: 1938

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