Explore Gorham, New Hampshire, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Gorham, New Hampshire. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New Hampshire or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Gorham.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Gorham |
| State | New Hampshire (NH) |
| County | Coos County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.393423 |
| Longitude | -71.19849 |
| Population | 1,851 |
| Density | 424.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 03581 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District |
Gorham exists as a rugged intersection of earth and water, defined by the persistent, cold-blooded flow of the Androscoggin River that cuts through the valley floor. It lies 61.2 miles north-northeast of Laconia, NH (from Laconia, NH: bearing 14°T), and is situated 5.6 miles south of Berlin. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, imposing presence of the White Mountains, which loom to the south like jagged teeth against the sky, their granite faces catching the pale, thin light of early autumn mornings. Within the quiet expanse of Gorham Common, the air holds a crisp, metallic edge, sharpening the silhouette of the trees and the stillness of Mascot Pond, which mirrors the clouds in a glassy, undisturbed surface. To the west, the dense, shadowed canopy of Leadmine State Forest provides a wild, untamed boundary, while the distant, rhythmic rush of Triple Falls hums beneath the silence of the woods.
Gorham emerged from the necessity of rail and timber, carving its identity out of the stubborn, rocky soil of the Mount Washington Valley. The economy has long leaned on the slow, steady pulse of the land, moving from the labor of the mills to the transient, purposeful footsteps of those walking the Pine Mountain Trail. Life in Gorham moves with the deliberate pace of a place that understands the weight of winter, favoring a brand of quiet, persistent industry over the frantic speed of larger centers. The residents possess a sturdy, unvarnished character, shaped by the isolation of the interior and the constant, visible reminder of the high peaks that demand a certain measure of respect from anyone who chooses to live beneath them.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Gorham, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 44.393423, -71.19849. 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 Gorham includes the ZIP code (03581), telephone area code (603), county seat of Coos County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |