Swift River

The Swift River is an 8.3-mile-long river located in eastern New Hampshire in the United States. It is a tributary of the Bearcamp River, part of the Ossipee Lake / Saco River watershed leading to the Atlantic Ocean.

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Barnstormers Theatre and White Lake State Park.

The Barnstormers Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Barnstormers Theatre, located in Tamworth, New Hampshire, is the oldest ongoing professional summer theatre in the United States. It was co-founded in 1931 by Francis Cleveland, the son of President Grover Cleveland.

White Lake State Park

Park

White Lake State Park is a 902.7-acre public recreation area in Tamworth, New Hampshire, in the United States. The state park surrounds 125-acre White Lake, a typical glacial lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tamworth and Chocorua.

Tamworth

Village

Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tamworth is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,812 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 2,895 in 2025. Tamworth includes the villages of Chocorua, South Tamworth, Wonalancet, and Whittier.

Chocorua

Chocorua is a village within the town of Tamworth in Carroll County, New Hampshire. It is located in the general area where Routes 16 and 113 meet, south of Mount Chocorua and a mile north of Chocorua Lake.

South Tamworth

Hamlet

Photo: SatyrTN, CC BY 2.5.

South Tamworth is an unincorporated community in the town of Tamworth in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located along New Hampshire Route 25, next to the Bearcamp River.

Swift River

Type: River
Description: left tributary of Bearcamp River in New Hampshire, USA
Categories: stream and body of water
Location: Carroll, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.86159° or 43° 51′ 42″ north

Longitude

-71.26457° or 71° 15′ 52″ west

Elevation

440 feet (134 metres)

Open location code

87MCVP6P+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 81610147

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=river

GeoNames ID

5093444

Wikidata ID

Q7656072

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Satellite Map

Discover Swift River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Swift River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Swift”
Cebuano: “Swift River”
German: “Swift River”
Irish: “Abhainn Swift”
Venetian: “Swift”
Welsh: “Afon Swift”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tamworth Town Office and Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Eastern Slopes.

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