Every Lake
New Hampshire
A granite wedge with eighteen miles of coast and the worst weather in America on top of it.
New Hampshire in relief
The land itself, cut in six steps of birch from the lowlands to the high ground — the cities starred, the summit and rise on the title block. No counties, no roads: just the shape of New Hampshire.
About New Hampshire
New Hampshire narrows from a wide southern base to a point at the Canadian line, with the Connecticut River drawing the entire western border — the state line sits at the river's west bank, so New Hampshire owns the water. The White Mountains fill the north, with the Presidential Range and Mount Washington at 6,288 feet, the highest peak in the Northeast and the place where a wind gust of 231 miles an hour was recorded in 1934. Below them the lakes region spreads around Winnipesaukee, and just eighteen miles of Atlantic coast finish the southeast corner. Ten counties, the fewest in New England.
New Hampshire ratified on June 21, 1788 — the ninth state, and the one that put the Constitution into effect. Concord became the permanent capital in 1808, chosen for its position on the Merrimack between the seacoast and the interior. The board is a driver's map: I-93 climbs through Franconia Notch past the ledge where the Old Man of the Mountain stood until 2003, the Kancamagus Highway crosses the White Mountains, and the Mount Washington Auto Road has been climbing the summit since 1861.
- Six layers of birch — the land in elevation steps
- The summit and total rise on the title block
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A double rule engraved around the edge
- Every county line and the state border
- The interstates with their shields — 6 on this board
- The major cities, starred and named
- Title block with the admission date and capital
- A mile ruler engraved around the frame
