Lancaster New Hampshire Map
Explore Lancaster, 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.
Interactive Map of Lancaster, New Hampshire
How to Use This Lancaster, New Hampshire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lancaster, 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 Lancaster.
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 | Lancaster |
| State | New Hampshire (NH) |
| County | Coos County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 44.488946 |
| Longitude | -71.569251 |
| Population | 1,941 |
| Density | 251.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 03584 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| County Seat | Lancaster |
| School District | White Mountain Regional School District |
About Lancaster, New Hampshire
Lancaster is a locality in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,941. The population density is 251.8 people per km². Lancaster is located at 44.4889°N, 71.5693°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03584.Lancaster emerges from the northern landscape where the Israel River carves a deliberate path through the earth, marking the transition between open meadow and the encroaching wild. It lies 66.6 miles north of Laconia, NH (from Laconia, NH: bearing 356°T), and is situated 19.0 miles west of Berlin. The air here holds a crisp, thinning quality, carrying the scent of damp hemlock and pine from the nearby Lancaster Town Forest, which offers a quiet reprieve of spruce and balsam just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon is anchored by the jagged, shadowed silhouettes of the White Mountains, standing twenty miles distant as a jagged reminder of the rugged terrain that defines this inland expanse. Baker Pond sits in hushed stillness a mile away, its surface reflecting the gray, shifting light of an afternoon sky that seems to press closer to the ground than it does in flatter, southern latitudes.
Lancaster carries the weight of a long settlement history, built upon a foundation of granite and the stubborn, quiet industry of those who first cleared the timber and turned the heavy soil. The local economy persists through a measured pace, balancing the rhythms of small-scale commerce with the necessary maintenance of a landscape that demands constant attention. Residents often venture toward the Mount Cabot Trail, seven miles away, to engage with the steep, forested slopes that characterize the region's broader geography. Life in Lancaster moves with the steady, unyielding persistence of the river, indifferent to the busier world beyond the hills, favoring the enduring strength of timber frames and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons over the frantic pulse of industrial centers.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Lancaster Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 070° E
- Weeks State Park (State Park) — 1.9 mi, 178° S
- Silvio O. Conte National Fish And Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 2.0 mi, 356° N · 74k acres
- Guildhall Town Forest (Local Resource Management Area) — 2.3 mi, 286° W
- Vermont Major cross-state route (Monument) — 2.4 mi, 265° W
- North Overlook (Viewpoint) — 2.5 mi, 181° S
- John Wingate Weeks Historic Museum (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 182° S
- Cape Horn State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 4.1 mi, 024° NE
- White Mountain Purchase Unit (National Forest) — 4.7 mi, 102° E · 37k acres
- White Mountain National Forest (National Forest) — 5.6 mi, 084° E · 768k acres
- Weathervane Theatre (Theatre) — 6.4 mi, 193° S
- Maidstone Bends Natural Area (National Conservation Area) — 6.9 mi, 014° N · 202 acres
- Mine Shaft (Historic Ruins) — 7.0 mi, 208° SW
- Jefferson Historical Museum (Museum) — 7.3 mi, 135° SE
- Camp Stark German Prisoner of War Camp (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 045° NE
- Caddy Camp Alumni Memorial (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 197° S
- Cog Railway Display (Attraction) — 15.1 mi, 175° S
- Local Works Marketplace at WREN (Gallery) — 15.6 mi, 203° SW
- Colonial Theatre (Cinema) — 15.6 mi, 203° SW
- Ravine House Site (Historic Ruins) — 15.9 mi, 120° SE
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About This Lancaster Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Lancaster, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 44.488946, -71.569251. 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 Lancaster includes the ZIP code (03584), telephone area code (603), county seat of Coos County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (White Mountain Regional 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. |
