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The largest of New Hampshire's lakes is Lake Winnipesaukee, which covers 71 square miles (184 km 2) in the east-central part of New Hampshire. Umbagog Lake along the Maine border, approximately 12.3 square miles (31.9 km 2), is a distant second. Squam Lake is the second largest lake entirely in New Hampshire.
The Lakes Region of New Hampshire is located in the east-central part of the state, south of the White Mountains Region and extending to the Maine border. It is named for the numerous lakes in the region, the largest of which are Lake Winnipesaukee , Lake Winnisquam , Squam Lake , and Newfound Lake .
Mountains of New Hampshire (3 C, 140 P) N. Notches of New Hampshire (8 P) R. ... East Coast of the United States; G. Great Appalachian Valley; Great Gulf; N. New ...
Bellamy Reservoir. Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in New Hampshire.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description East Inlet Natural Area: 1972: Coos: Private Contains a black spruce-tamarack bog and a virgin, balsam fir-red spruce forest.
The range is crossed north–south by U.S. Route 3 and Interstate 93 through Franconia Notch and New Hampshire Route 16 through Pinkham Notch, and east–west by the Kancamagus Highway (part of New Hampshire Route 112) through Kancamagus Pass and U.S. Route 302 through Crawford Notch. Many of these highways are designated as scenic routes.
Most of the major peaks over 4,000 feet high in New Hampshire are located in the national forest. Over 100 miles (160 km) of the Appalachian Trail traverses the White Mountain National Forest. In descending order of land area the forest lies in parts of Grafton, Coos, and Carroll counties in New Hampshire, and Oxford County in Maine.
This is a list of lakes and ponds in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lists 944 lakes and impoundments in their Official List of Public Waters. [1] The water bodies that are listed include natural lakes and reservoirs, including areas on rivers impounded behind dams.