Whale Back

Whale Back is a reef in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Whale Back is situated nearby to the reef Eel Rocks, as well as near South Reef.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Asbury United Methodist Church.

Asbury United Methodist Church

Church

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Asbury United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church on NH 63 in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. It has been termed the "mother church of Methodism in New Hampshire", and is home to the state's oldest continuously running Methodist congregation, organized in 1795. Asbury United Methodist Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Whale Back.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spofford and Chesterfield.

Spofford

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Spofford is an unincorporated community in the northeastern part of the town of Chesterfield in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. It is situated at the outlet of Spofford Lake and is located along New Hampshire Route 9A. Spofford is situated 1½ miles east of Whale Back.

Chesterfield

Village

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Chesterfield is a town in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,552 at the 2020 census. It includes the villages of Spofford and West Chesterfield. Chesterfield is situated 2 miles southwest of Whale Back.

Poocham

Hamlet

Poocham is an unincorporated community in the town of Westmoreland in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States, near the larger communities of Keene, New Hampshire and Brattleboro, Vermont. Poocham is situated 3 miles northwest of Whale Back.

Whale Back

Type: Reef
Category: landform
Location: Cheshire County, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.91168° or 42° 54′ 42″ north

Longitude

-72.44912° or 72° 26′ 57″ west

Open location code

87J9WH62+M9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7973778879

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

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Highlights include Eel Rocks and South Reef.

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