Cold River
The Cold River is a 22.6-mile-long river in western New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Connecticut River, which flows to Long Island Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: River
- Description: tributary of Connecticut River, river in New Hampshire, United States
- Also known as: “Cold River (Connecticut River tributary)”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prentiss Bridge and Shedd-Porter Memorial Library.
Prentiss Bridge
Bridge
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Prentiss Bridge is a historic covered bridge in Langdon, New Hampshire. Built about 1874, it spans Great Brook just east of the modern alignment of Chester Turnpike, which it carried until it was bypassed by a modern bridge in 1955.
Shedd-Porter Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Shedd-Porter Memorial Library, located at 3 Main Street, is the public library of Alstead, New Hampshire. The library building was a gift to the town from John Graves Shedd and Mary Roenna Shedd, and is a Beaux Arts building built in 1910 to a design by William H.
Langdon Meeting House
Town hall
The Langdon Meeting House is a historic meeting house and former church at 5 Walker Hill Road in Langdon, New Hampshire. Completed in 1803 as a combination town hall and church, it is now a multifunction space owned by the town, and is claimed by the town to hold the record for consecutive town meetings held in the same space.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drewsville and Alstead.
Drewsville
Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Drewsville is an unincorporated community in the town of Walpole in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The village is located in the northeastern corner of Walpole, just south of the valley of the Cold River.
Alstead
Village
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alstead is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,864 at the 2020 census. Alstead is home to Feuer State Forest.
Langdon
Village
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Langdon is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 651 at the 2020 census.
Cold River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cheshire County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.13617° or 43° 8′ 10″ northLongitude
-72.38953° or 72° 23′ 22″ westElevation
233 feet (71 metres)Open location code
87M94JP6+F5OpenStreetMap ID
way 72944373OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5084814Wikidata ID
Q5142324
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Cold River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cold”
- Cebuano: “Cold River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, New Hampshire, Cheshire County)”
- Cebuano: “Cold River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Cold”
- Venetian: “Cold”
- Welsh: “Afon Cold”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Peters Episcopal Church and Drewsville Village Green.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cold River”. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0.