Lonesome Lake
Mountain lake above Franconia Notch in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dispatch From Vermont | Study Hacks | turning point | Cal Newport, stuck on a chapter of his book on the deep life during his July family retreat in New England, hikes to Lonesome Lake, about 2,700 feet up among the peaks of Cannon Mountain. |
Dispatch From Vermont — Study Hacks (2025)
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It was at Lonesome Lake that my difficulties with my new chapter began to dissipate. With an unhurried clarity, I saw a better way to make my argument.
- Role: turning point
- In the article: Cal Newport, stuck on a chapter of his book on the deep life during his July family retreat in New England, hikes to Lonesome Lake, about 2,700 feet up among the peaks of Cannon Mountain. The walk narrows his attention, and at the lake he sees a better way to make his argument and scribbles notes. He links this to walking and thinking since Aristotle’s Peripatetics.
- Why it matters: It is the place where the writing problem is solved and the argument of the post (walking aids thinking) is anchored.
- Real vs. fictional: Real. Note the title says Vermont but the text places the hike in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.