Whitefield New Hampshire Map

About Whitefield, New Hampshire

Whitefield is a locality in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,460. The population density is 353.6 people per km². Whitefield is located at 44.3731°N, 71.6101°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 03598.

Whitefield occupies a broad, elevated plateau where the horizon is defined by the distant, serrated silhouettes of the White Mountains. It lies 58.8 miles north of Laconia, NH (from Laconia, NH: bearing 353°T), and is situated 9.2 miles east-northeast of Littleton. The Johns River winds with a quiet, persistent gravity through the lower meadows, its current carving a path through soil that feels heavy with the memory of ancient glacial retreats. Only a short distance away, the quiet basin of Burns Pond reflects the sky in a mirror of dark, unmoving water, while the nearby Whitefield Water Department Land provides a sanctuary of quiet timber and scrub. The air here holds a distinct, metallic sharpness at dawn, a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the granite outcrops and the rough, lichen-dusted stone walls that partition the fields.

Whitefield maintains a character forged by the steady, deliberate labor of those who once sought timber and milled the local pine. While the economy has shifted away from the intensive logging of earlier generations, the legacy of that industry remains in the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the main thoroughfares. Life here moves in accordance with the turning of the seasons, a pace set by the cycle of frost and thaw rather than the urgency of distant hubs. Travelers seeking solitude often gravitate toward the Black Brook Trail, where the forest floor beneath the canopy feels as quiet as a sanctuary, far removed from the clamor of modern commerce. Even as the modern world encroaches, the people of Whitefield retain a quiet, internal independence, preferring the reliable rhythm of the land to the unpredictability of the wider world.

About This Whitefield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Whitefield, New Hampshire. Coordinates: 44.373116, -71.610084. 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 Whitefield includes the ZIP code (03598), telephone area code (603), county seat of Coos County (Lancaster), and school district assignment (White Mountain 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.