Penacook Lake
Penacook Lake is a 362-acre lake located in Merrimack County in central New Hampshire, United States, in the city of Concord. It has also been known as "Long Pond".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake of the United States of America
- Also known as: “Long Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Abbott State Forest and Concord Hospital.
Abbott State Forest
Nature reserve
Abbott State Forest is a 35-acre protected area located in Concord, New Hampshire, on the west side of Lake View Drive. It is bordered to the east, across Lake View Drive, by Penacook Lake water supply land.
Concord Hospital
Hospital
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Concord Hospital is a non-profit hospital located in the West End of Concord, New Hampshire. It is the principal location of the Concord Hospital Health System, and is a teaching hospital affiliated with Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, New Hampshire's only medical school. Concord Hospital is situated 2½ miles southeast of Penacook Lake.
Bishop Brady High School
School
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Concord is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Hampshire and the seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2020 United States census the population was 43,976, making it the 3rd most populous city in New Hampshire after Manchester and Nashua. Bishop Brady High School is situated 2 miles southeast of Penacook Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Concord and Penacook.
Concord
Concord is the capital city of New Hampshire, a state in New England. It is the home of the oldest state house in the U.S. in which the legislature still meets in its original chambers.
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. Penacook is situated 3½ miles north of Penacook Lake.
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. Hopkinton is situated 5 miles southwest of Penacook Lake.
Penacook Lake
- Category: lake
- Location: Merrimack Valley, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.22955° or 43° 13′ 46″ northLongitude
-71.58794° or 71° 35′ 17″ westElevation
400 feet (122 metres)Open location code
87MC6CH6+RROpenStreetMap ID
way 173837487OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
Discover Penacook Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Penacook Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penacook Lake”
- French: “Penacook Lake”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Concord and Riverhill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rattlesnake Hill and Concord Granite Quarries.
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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 “Penacook Lake”. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY 3.0.