New HampshireNatural lakeGrafton County

Newfound Lake

Newfound Lake is a lake of some 4,102 acres on the Newfound River, in New Hampshire. Its shoreline falls inside Grafton County. NH Department of Environmental Services manages it.

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CountiesGrafton County

Coordinates43.6628, -71.7753

Surface area4,102 acres

Max depth183 ft

RiverNewfound River

Managed byNH Department of Environmental Services

Swimming beaches on Newfound Lake

No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.

Newfound Lake on the map

Lake center, swimming spots and access points.

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Weather and water temperature

Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.

Weather data by Open-Meteo

Swimming at Newfound Lake

On the map, Newfound Lake is centered near 43.6628, -71.7753. Surface elevation is about 587 feet. The deepest point on record is about 183 feet.

Many smaller lakes have no designated beach at all, only informal shoreline access. White Mountain National Forest, on Squam Lake, is the closest named beach in this guide, about 12 miles off. The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Newfound Lake. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued.

This page shows no water level for Newfound Lake because no agency publishes one that can be read automatically. Local marinas and park offices usually know the current state of the water better than any feed.

Most New Hampshire day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Freshwater advisories are issued locally, so check the state health department before you swim. Water temperature is not measured at this lake by any public agency we read.

The closest lakes in this guide are Squam Lake (New Hampshire, 14 mi), Highland Lake (New Hampshire, 14 mi) and Lake Winnisquam (New Hampshire, 16 mi). In all, 22 lakes in New Hampshire are covered here.