Blodgett Landing New Hampshire Map

About Blodgett Landing, New Hampshire

Blodgett Landing is a locality in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. It is a small community with a population of 152. The population density is 201.7 people per km². Blodgett Landing is located at 43.3737°N, 72.0420°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03255.

Blodgett Landing sits where the persistent, clear pulse of Blodgett Brook meets the quiet expansive waters of Sunapee Lake. It lies 15.3 miles east of Claremont, NH (from Claremont, NH: bearing 91°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east of Newport. The land here is defined by a heavy, ancient density of granite that pushes up through the thin soil, forcing the forest to cling to the slopes with a stubborn, wiry strength. In the distance, the muted silhouette of Jackman Ridge anchors the horizon, keeping a silent watch over the low-lying basin where the air turns cool and damp long before the sun dips below the tree line. Just a short distance away, the Cordingley Preserve offers a sanctuary of unmanaged thicket and moss, preserving a wild, quiet friction against the encroachment of modern development.

Economic life in Blodgett Landing has long been tethered to the seasonal rhythms of the inland woods and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining wood-frame structures against the bite of New Hampshire winters. Historically, the locality functioned as a gateway for those moving through the interior, a place where the labor of the land—clearing pastures and harvesting timber—defined the character of the people who stayed. The pace of daily existence remains tied to the visibility of the landscape, where the shifting light across Sunapee Lake dictates the mood of the afternoon. While the nearby Springfield Town Forest provides a vast, unbroken canopy that stabilizes the local climate, the people here maintain a quiet, independent focus, valuing the permanence of stone walls and the steady, cold flow of the brook over the fleeting movements of the wider world.

About This Blodgett Landing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Blodgett Landing, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 43.373686, -72.042029. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Blodgett Landing includes the ZIP code (03255), telephone area code (603), county seat of Merrimack County (Concord), and school district assignment (Kearsarge Regional School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.