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".

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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

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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″ north

Longitude

-71.58794° or 71° 35′ 17″ west

Elevation

400 feet (122 metres)

Open location code

87MC6CH6+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 173837487

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5090940

Wikidata ID

Q7162137

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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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