Allen State Forest

Allen State Forest is a 30-acre state forest of New Hampshire located in the northwest section of the city of Concord in Merrimack County. The state forest is located approximately 1,500 feet north of the Contoocook River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penacook and Contoocook.

Penacook

Village

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Penacook, originally called "Fisherville", is a village within the city of Concord in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It lies along Concord's northern border with Boscawen.

Contoocook

Suburb

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Contoocook is a village and census-designated place within the town of Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,427 at the 2020 census.

Hopkinton

Town

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Hopkinton is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,914 at the 2020 census. The town has three distinct communities: Hopkinton village, mainly a residential area in the center of the town; Contoocook, the town's business hub, located in the north; and West Hopkinton, within the more agricultural portion of the town.

Allen State Forest

Type: Nature reserve
Description: State forest in Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Categories: forest and recreation area
Location: Merrimack Valley, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.25567° or 43° 15′ 20″ north

Longitude

-71.65911° or 71° 39′ 33″ west

Elevation

381 feet (116 metres)

Operator

NH Dept of Resources & Econ Dev

Open location code

87MC784R+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47798407

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

5082588

Wikidata ID

Q34641219

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In Other Languages

“Allen State Forest” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Allen State Forest”

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