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{{Short description|Mountain in New Hampshire, United States}}
{{For|the mountain in Antarctica|Mount Madison (Antarctica)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Madison
| photo = Mt. Madison 008.jpg
| photo_caption = East elevation of Mount Madison, seen from [[New Hampshire Route 16]]
| elevation_ft = 5,367
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_ft = 466
| prominence_ref = <ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger|pid=6951|name=Mount Madison|access-date=2015-01-18}}</ref>
| listing = [[Four-thousand footers|White Mountain 4000-Footers]]
| range = [[Presidential Range]]
| parent_peak = [[Mount Adams (New Hampshire)|Mount John Quincy Adams]]<ref name=peakbagger/>
| country = [[United States]]
| state = [[New Hampshire]]
| district = [[Coos County, New Hampshire|Coös County]]
| part = [[Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire|Low and Burbank's Grant]], [[Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire|Thompson & Meserve's Purchase]]
| map = New Hampshire#USA
| label_position = left
| range_coordinates = 
| map_size = 160
| map_caption = 
| coordinates = {{coord|44.3288173|-71.2767796|type:mountain_region:US-NH_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=gnis>{{cite gnis|id=872247|name=Mount Madison|access-date=2015-01-18}}</ref>
| topo_maker = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]]
| topo = ''Mount Washington''
| type = 
| age = 
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = Hike
}}

'''Mount Madison''' is a {{convert|5367|ft|adj=on}} mountain in the [[Presidential Range]] of [[New Hampshire]] in the United States. It is named after the fourth [[U.S. President]], [[James Madison]].

Mountains in the Presidential Range are named for U.S. presidents, with the tallest ([[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]]) named for the first president, the second tallest ([[Mount Adams (New Hampshire)|Mount Adams]]) for the second president, and so on. However, due to a surveying error, [[Mount Monroe]], named after the fifth president, [[James Monroe]], is actually {{convert|22|ft|m}} taller than Mount Madison.

There are many hiking trails on the mountain.  A stretch of the [[Appalachian Trail]] traverses just below its summit on the Osgood Trail.  The [[High Huts of the White Mountains#Madison Spring Hut|Madison Spring Hut]], maintained by the [[Appalachian Mountain Club]], is nestled between Mount Madison and Mount Adams and provides rustic lodging in the summer. Reservations generally need to be made far in advance.

Mount Madison is the northernmost peak in the Presidentials. Like most of the range, its summit is above treeline.  Due to high winds and low temperatures, hypothermia is a danger even in the summer.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mt Madison from Mt Adams summit.jpg|Mount Madison seen from [[Mount Adams (New Hampshire)|Mount Adams]]' summit
File:MtMadisonNH.jpg|Mount Madison from Mount Adams
File:Madison_spring_hut.jpg|Madison Spring Hut in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Adams
File:William Hart - Mount Madison from the Androscoggin River.jpg|''Mount Madison from the Androscoggin River,'' by [[William Hart (painter)|William Hart]], 1862
</gallery>

==Climate==
There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains [[Interpolation|interpolated]] data for an area around the summit. Mount Madison has a [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc'').  
{{Weather box
|location = Mount Madison 44.3260 N, 71.2845 W, Elevation: {{cvt|4865|ft}} (1991–2020 normals)
|single line = y

|Jan high F = 16.5
|Feb high F = 17.9
|Mar high F = 24.0
|Apr high F = 34.3
|May high F = 47.3
|Jun high F = 55.8
|Jul high F = 60.2
|Aug high F = 59.0
|Sep high F = 53.4
|Oct high F = 41.1
|Nov high F = 30.3
|Dec high F = 22.2

|Jan mean F = 8.8
|Feb mean F = 9.8
|Mar mean F = 16.3
|Apr mean F = 27.6
|May mean F = 41.4
|Jun mean F = 50.7
|Jul mean F = 55.7
|Aug mean F = 54.2
|Sep mean F = 47.9
|Oct mean F = 35.3
|Nov mean F = 23.9
|Dec mean F = 14.4

|Jan low F = 1.0
|Feb low F = 1.6
|Mar low F = 8.5
|Apr low F = 20.8
|May low F = 35.5
|Jun low F = 45.7
|Jul low F = 51.1
|Aug low F = 49.5
|Sep low F = 42.4
|Oct low F = 29.5
|Nov low F = 17.5
|Dec low F = 6.7

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.56
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.04
|Mar precipitation inch = 6.20
|Apr precipitation inch = 7.13
|May precipitation inch = 6.80
|Jun precipitation inch = 7.91
|Jul precipitation inch = 7.99
|Aug precipitation inch = 6.64
|Sep precipitation inch = 6.70
|Oct precipitation inch = 9.80
|Nov precipitation inch = 7.67
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.09

|source=PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
|url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
|title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
|access-date= October 20, 2023
|quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking ''Coordinates'' (under ''Location''); copy ''Latitude'' and ''Longitude figures'' from top of table; click ''Zoom to location''; click ''Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp''; click ''30-year normals, 1991-2020''; click ''800m''; click ''Retrieve Time Series'' button.}}</ref>
}}

== See also ==
{{portal|New Hampshire}}
* [[Four-thousand footers]] of New Hampshire
* [[Randolph, New Hampshire#Randolph Mountain Club|Randolph Mountain Club]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/150550 Mount Madison at summitpost.org]
* [http://whitemountainart.com/SubjectGalleries/madison.htm Paintings of Mount Madison]
* [http://www.outdoors.org/recreation/tripplanner/plan/hiking-mt-madison.cfm Hiking Mount Madison]

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[[Category:Mountains of New Hampshire]]
[[Category:White Mountains (New Hampshire)]]
[[Category:Mountains of Coös County, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:New England Four-thousand footers]]
[[Category:Mountains on the Appalachian Trail]]