A Descriptive Geoportrait of Hopkinton NH

By: Kristof C

Started on 11/17/2020 updated 11/23/2020 updated on 1/14/2021

Hopkinton is a small town in Merrimack county of New Hampshire. Many towns border Hopkinton. For example, northwest of Hopkinton is Warner. Also, east of Hopkinton is Henniker. South of Hopkinton is Weare. Southeast is Dunbarton. And then east is Concord, the capital. The absolute location of Harold Martin School (the elementary school in Hopkinton. Grades pre-k to 3) in Hopkinton is 43* 11’ 28” N, 71* 39’ 57” W.

Physical Geography!

Hopkinton's highest point is on Shaker Hill with an elevation of 923 feet above sea level. Also, Hopkinton is completely within the Merrimack River Watershed. Its total area is 45.2 square miles. 1.8 square miles is water.

Cultural Geography!

Hopkinton has many topics of Cultural Geography! One can be the covered bridges. Most towns don’t even have ONE covered bridge. Hopkinton/Contoocook has two. One of the two covered bridges was for trains. Interestingly, the Contoocook railroad bridge is the oldest railroad bridge in America. Another topic can be Kimball Cabins. Kimball Cabins can be found next to Kimball lake. There are four cabins although most are not used. The two that are used the most are the main cabin and the boy scout cabin. If you go down a little road you can get to trails that can connect to the Greenway. The cabins and lake are used for a lot of things. Canoeing, ice skating, campouts, fishing, small hikes around the lake, and are also used by the boy scouts. The boy scouts have their own cabin too.

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