Sullivan County, New Hampshire Map
Explore Sullivan County, New Hampshire with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 3 cities and towns in Sullivan County below.
Interactive Map of Sullivan County, New Hampshire
| County | Sullivan |
| State | New Hampshire (NH) |
| County Seat | Newport |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 43.425443 |
| Longitude | -72.292126 |
| Cities & Towns | 3 |
| Area Codes | 603 |
About Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Sullivan County occupies a rugged transition between the high, austere reaches of the north and the lower, fertile basins that slope toward the Connecticut River. Its western boundary follows the serpentine path of this great waterway, where the river serves as both a border and a cooling presence through the humid heat of mid-July. To the east, the terrain rises into the challenging slopes of the highlands, where the soil is thin and littered with the gray, stubborn granite that defines much of the local earth. In the hollows, the air often holds a silver, morning dampness that clings to the hemlocks long after the sun has cleared the ridge, marking a landscape where the weight of the stone seems to dictate the slow movement of the water.
Sullivan County emerged as a distinct administrative entity in the early nineteenth century, carved from a larger territory to better serve a population that had already spent decades clearing timber and stacking rock into the dry walls that still delineate property lines today. The seat of government came to reside in a village centered on a broad, sloping common, chosen for its position as a crossroads for those traveling between the river valleys and the mountainous interior. This administrative life has always felt secondary to the primary work of the land, where the early settlers recognized that survival required a fierce, quiet independence. In the late afternoon, the shadows of the old brick buildings stretch long across the grass, lending the town center a gravity that feels as permanent as the bedrock beneath the foundations.
Work here follows the seasons, shifting from the frantic activity of spring planting to the quiet, methodical labor of timber management and small-scale manufacturing that has persisted for generations. Residents maintain a reserved, watchful demeanor, valuing a neighbor’s privacy as much as their own, a trait forged by winters that demand self-reliance and a ready supply of firewood. One might see a local farmer pausing at dusk to watch the light change over a fallow field, the sky turning a bruised violet that matches the color of the distant peaks. The character of the region remains rooted in this tactile connection to the environment—the sharpness of the cold, the scent of crushed pine needles, and the steady, unyielding persistence of the granite underfoot that anchors every farmhouse and village square against the long, white silence of the year.
Cities and Towns in Sullivan County
About This Sullivan County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Sullivan County, New Hampshire alongside links to detailed street maps for 3 cities and towns. The county seat is Newport. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
