Take a walk through the Pictograph cave for a rendezvous with prehistoric hunters. A looping trail through the three main caves in the park will show you over a 100 pictographs, the rock paintings and artistic musings of generations of ancient humans. The caves are products of long-term erosion into the Eagle sandstone cliff, and while the first recorded discovery was made in 1936, some of the art is over 2,000 years old.
If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at meteorology, Mount Washington Observatory, located at the tallest point in the northeastern US and at the convergence of three major storm tracks, is the perfect place to start. Via snowcat transportation , you can visit the scientists who live and work in this remote station. Two alternating crews live at the Observatory’s station in one-week shifts, tracking extreme weather events like freezing fog and hurricane-force winds.
The raised shape of a giant curled snake forms the world’s most spectacular effigy mound. Indiginous Americans created the Serpent Mound, which spans 1,348 feet, although it’s not clear exactly which culture is responsible due to conflicting radiocarbon dating efforts.