New Hampshire Geography

Largest City

Manchester

Capital of New Hampshire and third largest city

Concord

Bordered by this country in the North

Canada (Quebec)

Bordered by this state in the East

Maine

Bordered by this ocean in the East

Atlantic Ocean

Bordered by this state in the South

Massachusetts

Bordered by this state in the West

Vermont

Mountain range in the Northern part of the New Hampshire, part of the Appalachian Range

White Mountains

Tallest mountain in New Hampshire and New England, located in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains

Mount Washington

Granite formation that looked like a man’s face in the White Mountains, but collapsed in 2003

Old Man of the Mountain

New Hampshire’s largest lake

Lake Winnipesaukee

River that flows southward into Massachusetts and eventually empties into the Gulf of Maine. Also lends the name of the valley between New Hampshire and Massachusetts and several US naval ships

Merrimack River

River best known from Henry David Thoreau’s “A Week on the Concord and \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Rivers”

Merrimack River

River that forms the border between New Hampshire and Vermont

Connecticut River

Mountain in the southern part of New Hampshire that is cited as one of the most climbed mountains in the world

Mount Monadnock

Once held the record for over half a century for highest surface wind speed (231 mph, 371 kph), comparable to winds in Category 5 hurricanes and F4 tornadoes

Mount Washington

Two rivers in the northern part of New Hampshire that also flow through Maine

Androscoggin River and Saco River

Main mountain range that runs through New Hampshire and much of Northeastern United States

Appalachian Mountains

Small mountain range in New Hampshire that lie north of Lake Winnipesaukee

Ossipee Mountains

River that forms the southeastern border of New Hampshire and Maine and empties into the Gulf of Maine, its last 6 miles before the sea are known as Portsmouth Harbor

Piscataqua River

Second largest city

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