Of course, while in this vicinity you won't want to miss a visit to Mount Rushmore National Memorial where on the side of a mountain are the famous sculptures of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.

And on the summit of Mount Washington, where thirty-five degrees below zero is commonplace and the wind velocity has registered higher than anywhere else in the world, there is a kind of wisdom to be found that other men often seek in the Himalayas `` because it is there ''.

* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

* 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.

Line of cairns used to mark the way above the treeline on Mount Washington ( New Hampshire ) | Mount Washington, New Hampshire

Initial extrapolations placed Cooper's landing area on the southernmost outreach of Mount St. Helens, a few miles southeast of Ariel, Washington, near Lake Merwin, an artificial lake formed by a dam on the Lewis River.

A graduate of Mount Holyoke College ( then called Mount Holyoke Female Seminary ), she worked on a radical feminist publication named Alpha while living in Washington, D. C.

Lawrence Washington inherited another family property from his father, a plantation on the Potomac River which he later named Mount Vernon.

By 1775, Washington had doubled the size of Mount Vernon to, and had increased its slave population to over 100.

Washington enlarged the house at Mount Vernon after his marriage.

After retiring from the presidency in March 1797, Washington returned to Mount Vernon with a profound sense of relief.

*** Geology of Mount Adams ( Washington )

Vancouver Island, Canada ; the cities of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Vancouver, Washington, US ; and Mount Vancouver on the Yukon / Alaska border ; are named after him.

Early season hop growth in a hop yard in the Yakima River Valley of Washington ( U. S. state ) | Washington with Mount Adams ( Washington ) | Mount Adams in the distance

The representatives of 45 governments met in the Mount Washington Hotel in the area of Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in the United States, and agreed on a framework for international economic cooperation to establish post-World War II.

* 1947 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.

With six plants and their corporate offices in Mount Holly, A & E employs over 980 persons, and maintains a strong presence in the community.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department, a 2006 CALEA Flagship Award recipient, employs 132 sworn officers and 43 civilian personnel, serving the entire municipal population.

Mount Barker has a single public high school, Mount Barker High School, as well as three private high schools: Cornerstone College, which is run by the Lutheran Church of Australia, St Francis de Sales College which is Catholic and Mount Barker Waldorf School which employs Waldorf Education.

The name of the Greater Mount Lofty Parklands, Yurrebilla, was derived from this term, while the nearby town of Uraidla employs a more corrupted form.

This is partly compensated for, however, by the presence of easily accessible open space on the university campuses, including Harvard Yard and MIT's Great Lawn, as well as the considerable open space of Mount Auburn Cemetery.

However, under the stipulations of his last will, Washington was buried at Mount Vernon, and as such the area remains open to visitors.

Its probable location was near the upper source of the Wadi Far ' ah, an open valley extending from Mount Ebal to the Jordan River which is full of springs.

The park has extremely varied vegetation with open forests around the foothills of the peaks, subtropical rainforest above 600m, montane heath shrublands towards the summit of the peaks, cool temperate rainforest on the summit of Mount Ballow, and mallee eucalypt shrublands on Mount Maroon.

Novato includes ten of Marin County's open space preserves: Mount Burdell, Rush Creek, Little Mountain, Verissimo Hills, Indian Tree, Deer Island, Indian Valley, Ignacio Valley, Loma Verde and Pacheco Valley.

The community is situated at the eastern base of South Mountain at elevations between 500-700 '; the landscape here is principally underlain by the Tomstown Dolomite, and the neighboring area is home to at least four known solutional caves, one of which — Mount Aetna Cave — was open briefly for commercial tours in the 1930s.

Most of the mountain is owned by the state ( as part of Mount Grace State Forest ) and open to the public.

World's largest open faced granite quarry, near Mount Airy. There were 3, 667 households out of which 24. 3 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40. 6 % were married couples living together, 14. 0 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 41. 9 % were non-families.

It is owned and maintained in trust by The Mount Vernon Ladies ' Association and is open every day of the year.

Mount Monadnock is open to hiking, backpacking, picnicking, and snowshoeing.

In 1982, Mount Washington was cut open and extended with an additional hull section to add larger lounge and food service facilities.

Bands to open for Ladytron on their tours include Simian, The Presets, Client, CSS, Asobi Seksu, Mount Sims, Crocodiles, Franz Ferdinand, SONOIO, VHS or Beta and Geographer.

Cafe Bocca, located at 14 Mount Carmel Place, is the newest business to open in Poughkeepsie's Mt.

In addition, the party seeks guarantees of open access to the holy places to all religions, in particular the right of every Jew to pray on the Temple Mount.

The proposal, though defeated, initiated an ongoing debate between the use of Mount Greylock ( State ) Reservation for commercial development and open hunting versus conservation purposes.

Enoshima island has many attractions, including a botanical gardens, which include Enoshima Lighthouse which is open to visitors and with a height of 119. 6 meters above sea level affords an excellent view of the area and, on a clear day, Mount Fuji.

The site of the current Alexandria was much more fertile and open than the harsh terrain of Mount Athos.

The park was the first public open space of a complex — according to Save Mount Diablo — now including 38 preserves, including nearby city open spaces, regional parks, watersheds, etc., buffered in some areas with private lands protected with conservation easements.

The two other resorts, Mount Waterman and Kratka Ridge, are rarely open.

: Camping ground with cabins ( open for a short period each year ) and a trail to Mount Tara and other important areas in the Tara mountains

Mount Clare Museum House is open to the public year round.