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Old Man of the Mountain lives on through digital model, poetry 20 years after collapse

  • New research estimates the Old Man of the Mountain weighed nearly 2,000 tons when it collapsed.
  • A 3D visualization depicts perspectives of the old granite formation never seen before.
  • New Hampshire pays tribute to the Old Man of the Mountain with new geological research, poetry, a song, and a scavenger hunt.
  • The Old Man became New Hampshire’s most recognizable symbol and still appears on the state quarter, highway signs, license plates, and souvenirs..
  • Visitors to Franconia Notch State Park can “see” the Old Man’s profile through a series of steel rods driven into a granite base that hang over a lake and point toward the cliff.
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