From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in New Hampshire. There are 11 in total.
|
Name |
Image |
Date |
Location |
County |
Ownership |
Description |
1 |
East Inlet Natural Area |
|
1972 |
45°12′41″N 71°06′38″W / 45.211385°N 71.110497°W / 45.211385; -71.110497 (East Inlet Natural Area) |
Coos |
Private |
Contains a black spruce-tamarack bog and a virgin, balsam fir-red spruce forest. |
2 |
Floating Island |
|
1972 |
|
Coos |
Federal |
A floating heath bog in Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge. |
3 |
Franconia Notch |
![Franconia Notch](/images/thumb/5/59/Franconia_Notch.jpg/100px-Franconia_Notch.jpg) |
1971 |
Franconia 44°10′15″N 71°41′17″W / 44.1707°N 71.6881°W / 44.1707; -71.6881 |
Grafton |
State |
An old stream valley, ground to a U-shape by glacial movement. |
4 |
Heath Pond Bog |
![NH Heath.Pond.Bog 1024x682 edit nll.nps.jpg](/images/thumb/3/33/NH_Heath.Pond.Bog_1024x682_edit_nll.nps.jpg/100px-NH_Heath.Pond.Bog_1024x682_edit_nll.nps.jpg) |
1972 |
43°45′34″N 71°06′59″W / 43.759423°N 71.116465°W / 43.759423; -71.116465 (Heath Pond Bog) |
Carroll |
State |
A classic example of bog succession from open water to sphagnum-heath-black spruce bog. |
5 |
Madison Boulder |
![Madison Boulder](/images/thumb/e/e2/Boulder%2C_Madison%2C_NH.jpg/100px-Boulder%2C_Madison%2C_NH.jpg) |
1970 |
43°56′00″N 71°09′46″W / 43.93329°N 71.162671°W / 43.93329; -71.162671 (Madison Boulder Natural Area) |
Carroll |
State |
The largest known glacial erratic in North America. |
6 |
Mount Monadnock |
![Mount Monadnock Summit](/images/thumb/f/f6/2007_11Nov_10_Mount_Monadnock_Summit_Rocky_Plateau.jpg/100px-2007_11Nov_10_Mount_Monadnock_Summit_Rocky_Plateau.jpg) |
1987 |
42°51′39″N 72°06′29″W / 42.860833°N 72.108056°W / 42.860833; -72.108056 (Mount Monadnock) |
Cheshire |
Mixed- state, municipal, private |
A prominent, isolated, relict mountain. Type locality of a monadnock. |
7 |
Nancy Brook Virgin Spruce Forest and Scenic Area |
|
1987 |
|
Carroll, Grafton |
Federal |
May be the largest virgin forest tract in the northeastern United States. A part of White Mountain National Forest. |
8 |
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge |
![Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge](/images/thumb/2/2e/Pondicherry_Wildlife_Refuge_%2827006031560%29.jpg/100px-Pondicherry_Wildlife_Refuge_%2827006031560%29.jpg) |
1972 |
44°22′40″N 71°31′33″W / 44.377846°N 71.525937°W / 44.377846; -71.525937 (Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge) |
Coos |
State |
Two shallow, warm water ponds, surrounded by marsh, bog and forest that support a great variety of birds. |
9 |
Rhododendron Natural Area |
|
1982 |
Fitzwilliam 42°46′49″N 72°11′20″W / 42.7804°N 72.1889°W / 42.7804; -72.1889 |
Cheshire |
State |
The largest, thriving stand of rhododendron in central and southern New England. |
10 |
Spruce Hole Bog |
![Spruce Hole Bog](/images/thumb/6/63/Spruce_Hole_Bog-very_large_photo.jpeg/100px-Spruce_Hole_Bog-very_large_photo.jpeg) |
1972 |
43°07′34″N 70°58′04″W / 43.126111°N 70.967778°W / 43.126111; -70.967778 (Spruce Hole Bog) |
Strafford |
Municipal |
The last known kettle hole bog in southern New Hampshire. |
11 |
White Lake Pitch Pine |
|
1980 |
43°50′09″N 71°12′32″W / 43.8359°N 71.2089°W / 43.8359; -71.2089 (White Lake Pitch Pine) |
Carroll |
State |
A mature, undisturbed pitch pine and bear-oak forest. |