Other Nearby Peaks Named Monadnock
- Pack Monadnock and North Pack Monadnock are two peaks in the Wapack Range, 11 miles (18 km) to the east across the Contoocook River valley from Mount Monadnock, in Greenfield and Peterborough, New Hampshire. Pack is a Native American word for "little."
- Little Monadnock Mountain is a peak located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Mount Monadnock in Troy, New Hampshire. Like Mount Monadnock, it is crossed by the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail.
- Monadnock Mountain is the name of a mountain in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.
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