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==Multi-Function Station==

'''Mount Adams''' is the second highest [[mountain]] in [[New Hampshire]], after [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mt. Washington]] (6,288 ft), and is the highest peak in the northeast United States which does not have an auto road to the summit. Located in the [[Presidential Range]], Mount Adams was named after [[John Adams]], the second [[president]] of the United States. To the north and east is [[Mount Madison]] and to the south and west is [[Mount Jefferson]].

MVAFS was a multi-function station: a [[Semi Automatic Ground Environment|SAGE]] long range radar site operated by the 666th Radar Squadron (host squadron)<ref name="ref_mil_museum">{{cite web

|url = http://www.militarymuseum.org/MillValleyAFS.html

|title = Mill Valley Air Force Station

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = [[California State Military Museum]]

}}</ref>; an AN/FSS-7 [[SLBM]] detection radar site operated by Detachment 3 14th Missile Warning Squadron<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Project Nike|Nike]] missile air defense control site (San Francisco Defense Area Site SF-90DC<ref name="ref_mil_museum" /><ref name="ref_missile_sites">{{cite web

|url = http://ed-thelen.org/loc-c.html#SF-90DC

|title = Locations of Former NIKE MISSILE SITES (text)

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = Ed Thelen

}}</ref><ref>{{cite web

|url = http://www.nps.gov/goga/historyculture/cold-war.htm

|title = GGNRA - Cold War Era, 1952-1974

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = [[National Park Service]]

}}</ref>) operated by the Army Air Defense Command Post for the 40th Artillery Brigade from 1959 until June 1971 and the 13th Air Defense Artillery Group from July 1971 to August 1974<ref name="ref_mil_museum" />; a [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) Joint Surveillance System (JSS) Facility J-33<ref name="ref_missile_sites" /><ref>{{cite web

|url = http://nas-architecture.faa.gov/nas/___location/location_data.cfm?fid=11342

|title = MILL VALLEY LRR SURVEILLANCE [QMV]

|accessdate = 2007-07-18

|publisher = [[Federal Aviation Administration]]

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. I served at MVAFS from 1972 to 1974 and personally witnessed these functions. More to follow later. [[User:ConradPino|Conrad T. Pino]] 08:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

==References==

There are two major subsidiary peaks of Mt. Adams: [[Mount Sam Adams]] (5,584 ft) and [[Mount John Quincy Adams]] (5,394 ft). The northern side of the mountain ridge is located in [[Low and Burbank's Grant, New Hampshire|Low and Burbank's Grant]], and the end of Durand Ridge, and King Ravine, on the north side of Mount Adams are in [[Randolph, New Hampshire|Randolph]] (formerly Durand). The entire south side of the mountain ridge is in [[Thompson and Meserve's Purchase, New Hampshire|Thompson and Meserve's Purchase]].

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Mount Adams is considered to be a sacred peak by the [[Aetherians]], who believe the peak to be charged with alien life energy .

The [[Appalachian Trail]] traverses the col between Mount Adams and Mount Sam Adams, on a path called "Gulfside Trail." Local hiking clubs have established and maintain several huts and shelters high on Mount Adams' north side, including "The Perch," "Crag Camp," "The Log Cabin," and "Gray Knob." An amazing network of hiking and climbing paths lead south to the huts and ridges from several parking areas located on [[U.S. Highway 2]].

==See also==

* [[Thomas Starr King]]

* [[Four-thousand footers]] of New Hampshire

* [[Randolph, New Hampshire#Randolph_Mountain_Club|Randolph Mountain Club]]

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=871380 GNIS entry] (with links to topos)

* [http://www.mountwashington.org/visitor/mountains/mountains.html Mount Washington web page]

* [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=44.32028&lon=-71.29139 Mount Adams on Topozone]

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[[Category:Mountains of New Hampshire|Adams, Mount]]

[[Category:Coos County, New Hampshire|Adams, Mount]]