Mount Agassiz, a 2,378-foot peak in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, was first called Peaked Hill and later renamed for Louis Agassiz. By the late 19th century its summit had become a modest destination, with an observation tower standing by 1877. Access expanded over time, from a carriage road to an auto road opened around 1932 and rebuilt in the mid-1950s, when a snack bar was added near the top. Recreation grew in the 1930s with a ski trail and later a rope tow that operated into the 1980s. Larger development schemes in the early 1960s were proposed but never realized, and the mountain remains privately owned while hikers are still allowed.