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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		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		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		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		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		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		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.

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