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New Hampshire Cartography Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the layout of the state of New Hampshire. In other words, things you could find out on a map. Cartography is the art and science of making and using maps.

A multiple-choice quiz by madfilkentist. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
madfilkentist

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
418,871

Updated
Jan 19 25

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
65

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Author's Note: The word "town" here is a blanket term to include cities, towns, unpopulated incorporated areas, etc. "Municipality" is just too long a word.

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Question 1 of 10

1. From what town in New Hampshire can you go any of due north, east, west, or south and arrive in Massachusetts? Hint

Seabrook

Salem

Nashua

Cross Corners

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Question 2 of 10

2. What state in the USA borders on exactly one other state? Hint

New Hampshire

Maine

Hawaii

Massachusetts

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which county in New Hampshire has the greatest land area? It's a long way from Boston. Hint

Coos

Hillsborough

Grafton

Rockingham

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which parallels of latitude go through New Hampshire? Hint

45, 46

42, 43, 44

43, 44, and 45

44, 45

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Question 5 of 10

5. In what town in New Hampshire is the easternmost point in the state? This point is on an island, not on the mainland. Hint

Portsmouth

New Castle

Hampton

Dover

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these is the longest trip, as the crow flies, within the state of New Hampshire? Hint

Pittsburg to Hinsdale

Seabrook to Hanover

Keene to Conway

Franconia to Nashua

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Question 7 of 10

7. New Hampshire has a short seacoast, and it's all in one county. Which county is it? It once shared its name with a famous horse racetrack. Hint

Strafford

Rockingham

Sullivan

Cheshire

8. New Hampshire may have the shortest seacoast of any state, but it's not in last place in its rather short Canadian border. Which states have a shorter border with Canada than New Hampshire? Hint

Idaho and Pennsylvania

Vermont

Vermont and Idaho

Wisconsin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these New Hampshire towns shares a name with the county it is in? The town features a historic mine which is now open to the public. Hint

Sullivan

Grafton

Merrimack

Stratford

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Question 10 of 10

10. The southern border of New Hampshire from Hinsdale to Pelham is a straight line. In what direction does it go? Hint

Due east

South by southeast

Slightly north of due east

Slightly south of due east

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From what town in New Hampshire can you go any of due north, east, west, or south and arrive in Massachusetts?

Answer: Salem

The eastern border of Salem angles westward as it goes north, so you can cross it into Massachusetts by going north or east. From other parts of the town you can cross westward or southward into Massachusetts. Seabrook and Nashua are on the border but don't have this feature. Cross Corners is a fictional New Hampshire town from "The Devil and Daniel Webster."

2. What state in the USA borders on exactly one other state?

Answer: Maine

The state of Maine borders only on New Hampshire, making it the only state to border on just one other state. New Hampshire also borders on Vermont and Massachusetts. Massachusetts borders on five states, including New Hampshire. Hawaii does not border on any states.

3. Which county in New Hampshire has the greatest land area? It's a long way from Boston.

Answer: Coos

At 1,801 square miles, Coos is the largest county in the state, edging out Grafton County's 1,714 square miles. It's the northernmost county in the state and is thinly populated.

4. Which parallels of latitude go through New Hampshire?

Answer: 43, 44, and 45

The 43rd parallel passes through Manchester, the 44th through Conway, and the 45th through Clarksville, just to give three data points. That means Clarksville is halfway between the Equator and the North Pole.

5. In what town in New Hampshire is the easternmost point in the state? This point is on an island, not on the mainland.

Answer: New Castle

The little town of New Castle, just east of Portsmouth, is the easternmost one in the state. It's the home of Fort Constitution (formerly Fort William and Mary), which locals captured from the British in 1774, before the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill.

6. Which of these is the longest trip, as the crow flies, within the state of New Hampshire?

Answer: Pittsburg to Hinsdale

Pittsburg is at the northern end of New Hampshire and Hinsdale at the southwest corner. If you launched a drone from one to the other, it would fly about 168 miles, the longest distance between any two towns in the state. Incidentally, Pittsburg and Hinsdale are the only two towns in the state that border on more than one other state. Pittsburg borders on Vermont and Maine (as well as Quebec), and Hinsdale borders on Vermont and Massachusetts.

7. New Hampshire has a short seacoast, and it's all in one county. Which county is it? It once shared its name with a famous horse racetrack.

Answer: Rockingham

New Hampshire has the shortest coastline of any coastal state, about 18 miles. All of it belongs to Rockingham County, from Portsmouth to Seabrook. Strafford County holds parts of tidal rivers and a tidal estuary (Great Bay), but no actual seacoast. Rockingham Park in Salem used to be a popular place to bet on the horses, but it's all gone now, replaced by a shopping center.

8. New Hampshire may have the shortest seacoast of any state, but it's not in last place in its rather short Canadian border. Which states have a shorter border with Canada than New Hampshire?

Answer: Idaho and Pennsylvania

New Hampshire's Canadian border is 58 miles long, all of it in the town of Pittsburg. Idaho is a big state, but its Canadian border measures only 45 miles. Pennsylvania's is even shorter, 42 miles, and it's all in Lake Erie, so you can't walk directly from Pennsylvania into Canada. Vermont's Canadian border is 90 miles long, and Wisconsin doesn't border Canada at all.

9. Which of these New Hampshire towns shares a name with the county it is in? The town features a historic mine which is now open to the public.

Answer: Grafton

Grafton, NH is in Grafton County, although it isn't the county seat. Merrimack is in Hillsborough County, not Merrimack, and Sullivan is in Cheshire County, not Sullivan. Another New Hampshire town which has the same name as its county is Hillsborough. Stratford is similar in spelling to Strafford County, but it's in Coos County.

Ruggles Mine in Grafton reopened to the public in 2024 for camping and mineral collecting.

10. The southern border of New Hampshire from Hinsdale to Pelham is a straight line. In what direction does it go?

Answer: Slightly south of due east

The latitude of the state line goes from about 42.72 degrees north in Hinsdale to 42.69 degrees north in Pelham. The border was drawn long before GPS. Probably they thought they were drawing up a precise east-west border but miscalculated slightly. Similarly, most of the border with Maine is an almost north-south straight line that goes from 71 degrees west longitude in Wakefield to 71.1 degrees west in Pittsburg. (I could almost have written a whole trivia quiz just on Pittsburg!)

Source: Author madfilkentist

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