Zealand Mountain

Mount Zealand is a 4000 footer in New Hampshire's White Mountains.
Stands on a spur ridge northeast of Mount Guyot and faces Whitewall Mountain to the east across Zealand Notch.
The Appalachian Trail crosses very close to the viewless summit of Zealand.
Zeacliff, a rock ledge vista offering an impressive view south across the Pemigewasset Wilderness, lies close to the summit of Zealand.

Routes

Twinway

23 summits • 17.2 mi • 5,047 ft gain • 8 hr 10 min

Zealand Mountain 21.2 mi route

1 summit • 21.2 mi • 4,174 ft gain • 12 hr 37 min

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"In the winter, Zealand is a mega-hike. Walk-in from Rte 302 adds 7.5 miles. Still the Zealand trail in the winter is one of the most beautiful hikes. Hut was open to warm up. Zeacliffs had some views, on a pretty cloudy day. But calm conditions made it very tolerable. W39/48" — Alohabuffy • Feb 1, 2020

"Day hike to Zealand Mountain. There were lots of backpackers coming off the ridge from a wet night. Good luck to the north bound AT hikers who are facing the presidentials with some cold weather tonight." — hiking4000 • Sep 8, 2019

"3 days in WMNF. First two days included a nice overnight backpack of the eastern Pemigewasset Wilderness. On day one I hiked up Lincoln Woods and over to the Bonds, then continued on to summit the rest of the high peaks on the Eastern side- Zealand, the Twins, Galehead and Garfield, before setting up camp along the ridgeline above the Franconia Brook Trail. " — wacbravo • Sep 7, 2019

"I started my day at 3:30am and was on the trail by 6:40am. I was back at the parking lot at 4:40pm , 10 LONG hours of hiking in the beautiful white mountains. Started up north twin and then over to South. I skipped Galehead as the effort did not equal the reward, I’ll get it another time. I made my way over to Mt. Guyot which is not an official NH48 but probably will be after the next AMC Guidebook comes out. Long walk over to Zealand and to the amazing views from Zeacliff lookout. Mt Washington was glorious from afar and exposed in clear blue skies. Down to Zealand hut for coffee and Lemon poopy seed cake. An exhausting hike over to Hale capped the summits for the day. The last trail I took was fire wardens trail and it is abandoned and overgrown. It was the only way to complete this as a loop hike so I opted to take the risk, and it payed off. At the end of the day 10 hours, 19+ miles, and five 4000 footers." — JoshuaRyan • Aug 20, 2019

"Hiked up to Zealand and kept going to Guyot and then West Bond and Mount Bond. Didn’t make it to Bondcliff. Due to time had to make my way back to Zealand Falls Hut as I was staying there for the night. Sunrise on Zeacliff was spectacular." — dmcosker • Jul 26, 2019

"Enjoying a weekend exploring the Whites. Started on trail Friday morning via shuttle (left a car at Zealand parking area). Hiked up to Garfield and the made our way back over the ridge where we spent the night at Galehead Hut before moving on the next day through the Twins and the Bonds. Woke up the next morning and started up the steep climb for the Twins, then over to the Guyot and the Bonds (amazing!) and out through Zealand. We were trying to beat a storm so we passed on Hale - made it to the car with thunder in the distance and a crack of lightening and downpour just as we shut the door! An incredible hike through some very beautiful woods." — deb-and-rob • Aug 12, 2017

"Hiked in the Zealand trail to hut then, continued to Zeacliff and Mount Zealand. From there hiked over Mount Guyot to the campsite for the night. Enjoyed the sunset on West Bond that night and next morning hiked out over Mount Bond and Boncliff to Lincoln woods." — blackwolf_03278 • Jul 22, 2017

"Did the Bonds out and back from Zealand, long day (12 hours +) and about 20 miles. Actually good weather but it was hot coming back up to Bond from Bondcliff. Bondcliff didn't disappoint, fabulous views as always. Trails not as full as we thought they'd be. Forgot how rough Zealand trail was from the Zealand summit to Guyot." — Alohabuffy • Jul 22, 2017

"Great day for a hike (low humidity, abundant sunshine). Trail was wet (torrential downpours on the 1st), but still quite nice. Lots of water crossings - only 1 difficult one. Really enjoyed the Zeacliff views. " — PJSelmer • Jul 2, 2017

"Final peak of the day was Zealand. I made pretty quick work of the out and back from Guyot since I dropped my bag. Its a lot easier to hike when you don't have a backpack on. Nothing eventful on the summit of Zealand. The true summit has a sign and its in the woods, so it was just a quick picture and then back to Guyot. The sun still didn't make its way out by the time I made it back to Guyot and it remained hidden by the time I got back to South Twin. It was just barely making its way through the clouds when I made it back to North Twin. I saw some blue skies during my descent back down to the car, however when I got in the car and back out on the road it was still overcast. The weather was a lot nicer on my drive home through Vermont, so I stopped at Worth Burger (a must for hikers in the northeast!) in South Royalton before heading home to NY. " — LGH-Tom • Jun 28, 2017

"The Quick and Dirty Trail Report: Trails: Zealand Trail, Twinway, Appalachian Trail Parking: a few cars in each of the lots on our drive in to the Zealand parking lot Trails clear up to about 3400 feet. Snow covered trails up to summit with slushy patches and bare rock…and lots of streams Water crossings: Streams galore…a major crossing after the hut that was up to 7 feet wide on our return Dogs…none Traction: Bare boot and then Spikes from 3400…wished I had snow shoes!! Lost & Found: found a sneaker that looked to be there from the winter Lots and lots of snow and water out there!! The river crossings are getting HIGH...be careful!" — shay-shay • May 16, 2017

"NoBo AT Thru Hike 2016. Kim spent the night with friends (Katie and Ed) at a campsite after getting picked up on Route 302. Heading up to start the presidential range on Sunday 8/28, hopefully she has good weather." — Kim-Stilson • Aug 27, 2016

"Went with Kali in the rain. Seven 4000 footers in a three day backpack. Zealand, Guyot (not on the 4000 footer list) West Bond, Bond, Bondcliff, South Twin, North Twin and Galehead. Spent 1 night at Guyot Campsite in lean-to and second night at Galehead Hut." — Hufflepuff • Aug 1, 2016

"A Zealand-Bond Traverse with Marielle. I needed Zealand for winter, Marielle needed the Bonds for her NH48. Did Zealand first. The road walk wasn't so bad with somebody to talk too. Easy going. Bare boots and microspikes until Zealand. Skipped Zeacliff because of the low cloud cover." — newenglandwarrior • Mar 8, 2016

"Saturday was a great day for a Lincoln Woods-302 traverse. Covered Bondcliff, Bond, West Bond, Zealand and Hale on this one. We hit Bondcliff around noon expecting nothing but clouds; much to our surprise, we had great views! Bond and West Bond were more of the same. About the time we went into the cover of the Twinway, the clouds rolled in. From there, we hit Zealand quickly, made a pit stop at Zeacliff, then made the grind up Lend-A-Hand Trail to Mt Hale. The last climb was killer. All in all, a fantastic day with good friends! - See more at: http://peakery.com/bondcliff-white-mountains/#sthash.8CYWIBA9.dpuf" — npweeks • Jan 2, 2016

"Climbed this peak for the third time on a semi-pemi loop over the Twins, W. Bond, Zealand and Hale. It was as unexciting as ever, but the trails were basically empty and the weather was unusually warm. " — npweeks • Nov 27, 2015

"THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AND I'M HIKING IN SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT?!!? Great hike up Zealand and back, on a gorgeous day! Sure as hell beat being anywhere near a store for Black Friday!" — matt-beard • Nov 27, 2015

"First climb in multiple years. Out-and-back with my Dad. As a teenager, he had once over Zealand to Guyot and back all in one day... At this point, neither of us have anywhere near that kind of stamina/knee function. Thankful for the Zealand Falls Hut, and for the many "Auntie Tootie Squares" we packed for energy." — gooner • Aug 22, 2015

"3 day/3 night backpacking trip. Hit hale, zealand, west bond, bushwacked off one of west bond's slides to Bear Pond in Redrock Ravine, hiked out of Redrock Ravine via Twinway Slide, and hit south and north twin before completing the loop back to the car." — ATrane21 • Jul 3, 2015

"Part of a Twins to Guyot to Guyot campsite, Zealand, then Hale loop. 4th mountain of the day. The cloud cover was beginning to burn off. I had incredible views from Zeacliff further on. " — newenglandwarrior • Jun 19, 2015