Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area

Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area is a park in Town of New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire. Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area is situated nearby to New Durham Post Office, as well as near New Durham Town Hall.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Durham Town Hall and New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound.

New Durham Town Hall

Town hall

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The New Durham Town Hall is located at Main Street and Ridge Road in the center of New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1908, it is the town's second town hall, and an architecturally distinctive design of Dover architect Alvah T. New Durham Town Hall is situated 1,400 feet east of Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area.

New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound

Historic building

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The New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound are a historic colonial meeting house and town pound on Old Bay Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1770, the wood-frame meeting house stands at what was, until about 1850, the center of New Durham, and was originally used for both civic and religious purposes. New Durham Meetinghouse and Pound is situated 2 miles east of Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area.

Free Will Baptist Church

Church

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The Free Will Baptist Church is a historic church on Ridge Road in New Durham, New Hampshire. Built in 1819, it is considered the mother church of the Free Will Baptist movement, although it was not built until ten years after the death of founder Benjamin Randall. Free Will Baptist Church is situated 2½ miles south of Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Durham and Alton.

New Durham

Village

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New Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,693 at the 2020 census. It is drained by the Merrymeeting, Cocheco and Ela rivers, and is known for Merrymeeting Lake.

Alton

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Alton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,894 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 6,036 in 2025, up from 5,250 at the 2010 census.

Alton Bay

Hamlet

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Alton Bay is an unincorporated community in the town of Alton in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States, and is located on Alton Bay, a 4-mile-long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee which forms the southernmost point on the lake. Alton Bay is situated 4 miles northwest of Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area.

Elmer C. Smith Recreation Area

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Town of New Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.43472° or 43° 26′ 5″ north

Longitude

-71.16898° or 71° 10′ 8″ west

Operator

Town of New Durham

Open location code

87MCCRMJ+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 47798589

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include New Durham Post Office and New Durham Town Hall.

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