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 New Hampshire Facts |
Tidbits: Longest bridge Longest covered bridge in the U.S. is in Cornish, NH (460 feet, two spans.) Oldest tavern: Open since 1789, the John Hancock Inn is Hancock, NH is the oldest operating tavern in New England. Shortest coastline: New Hampshire's 18-mile coastline is the shortest oceanfront of any New England state. About
the State: The state is occasionally called the "Mother of Rivers." Five of New England's rivers originate in New Hampshire: The Connecticut River, the Pemigewasset River starts in the Profile Lake in the Franconia mountains and joins the Winnipesaukee at Franklin to form the Merrimack River; the Cocheco and Salmon Falls rivers join at Dover to form the Piscataqua River; and two of the principal rivers of Maine, the Androscoggin and the Saco, have their beginnings in northern New Hampshire. New Hampshire has 1300 lakes or ponds and about 40 rivers with a total milage of about 41,800 miles. Elevation The highest point is Mount Washington at 6,288 feet (1,918 m); lowest point is sea level; approximate mean elevation is 1,000 feet (305 m). Information about Manchester and New Hampshire
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