New Hampshire is one of the smallest states in the U.S., ranking 46th out of 50. It also has one of the smallest populations, with fewer than 1.4 million residents. From the Great North Woods through the White Mountains and Lakes Region to the cities and the sea coast in the south, here are a few glimpses of the landscape of New Hampshire and some of the wildlife and people calling it home.
This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
A vintage coal-fired steam engine pushes a passenger car up the Cog Railway on a 3.8-mile journey to the summit of New Hampshire's 6,288-foot Mount Washington on September 24, 2017. #
Leaves begin to change color in Crawford Notch on October 7, 2016, in Carroll, New Hampshire. #
The city of Portsmouth, first settled in 1630, is a historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination. #
Douglas Ciampi stands next to a rime-ice-covered antenna while taking in the view from the summit of Mount Washington on February 23, 2020. Rime ice forms when supercooled moisture hits a solid surface. Ciampi's five-hour hike was rewarded by exceptionally clear conditions, allowing for a visibility of 100 miles from the Northeast's highest peak. #
A moose chews tree buds while feeding at the Umbagog Wildlife Refuge in Wentworth's Location, New Hampshire, on May 31, 2018. #
Autumn in New England, as seen in the small town of Wonalancet, New Hampshire #
Hundreds of hockey players participate in the Pond Hockey ice hockey tournament in Lake Winnipesaukee's Meredith Bay on January 31, 2014, in Meredith. #
A view of Opechee Bay Reservoir in the city of Laconia, located between Lake Winnipesaukee and Winnisquam Lake #
A crowd gathers as a tower of pumpkins is lit during the Keene Pumpkin Festival in Keene, New Hampshire. #
An autumn view from the Welch-Dickey Loop Trail in Waterville Valley. #
An ATV rider performs tricks in the air as part of the Big Air Show during the 10th Annual Jericho ATV Festival in Berlin, New Hampshire, on August 2, 2019. #
A view of the town-square area of Waterville Valley Resort, seen across Cochran Pond. Photographed in 2016. #
A black bear roams the property of the independent wildlife biologist Ben Kilham in Lyme, New Hampshire, on March 29, 2018. Kilham, with help from his sister Phoebe and his wife, Debbie, takes in orphaned bear cubs until they're old enough to fend for themselves. #
A view of the New Hampshire State House, the state capitol building, seen on a winter night in Concord #
The buildings of Manchester, seen along the Merrimack River. Manchester is the largest city in New Hampshire, and the largest city in northern New England. #
People make their way through the frozen landscape at Ice Castles in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, on February 5, 2020. The castles are created and maintained by ice artisans, who start construction in September. #
Winds whip across Lake Winnipesaukee as ice fisherman walk near their "Bob houses" on February 17, 2013, in Alton, New Hampshire. #
A snow squall falls on workhorses in Canterbury, New Hampshire, on March 5, 2014. #
An aerial view of Lake Francis and surrounding hillsides in the town of Pittsburg, in northern New Hampshire #
Sparks fly from a campfire as lightning flashes in the background on a night along Lake Umbagog. #
People gather in front of the Baker-Berry Library on the campus of Dartmouth College, photographed in Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 6, 2018. #
Musher Marla Brodsky greets her team before getting them in their harnesses during the second annual Blue Mountain Sled Dog and North Country Musher's mid-distance sled-dog race in Grantham, New Hampshire, on February 16, 2019. Professional and novice mushers arrived from all over New England and parts of Canada to take part in the 18-mile and 30-mile races. #
Riders race in the East Coast Snocross in Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire, on February 26, 2011. #
Wild turkeys walk across the frozen Androscoggin River during early spring. #
The small village of Meredith sits along the shore of Lake Winnipesaukee. #
The view from Mount Willard in Crawford Notch State Park #
People swim at Hampton Beach in Hampton, New Hampshire, on August 5, 2020. #
A view of Clocktower Place along the Nashua River in the city of Nashua #
A view of the White Island Lighthouse Station, a historic lighthouse and keeper's cottage off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire #
Pumpkins sit covered in snow in Portsmouth on October 30, 2011, after a rare October snowstorm. #
Neil Cederberg uses a pick pole to guide a 16x19-inch ice block into a channel on Squam Lake at the Rockywold-Deephaven Camps in Holderness, New Hampshire, on January 18, 2019. The 120-year-old tradition continues in order to provide refrigeration for the summer camp's ice boxes. #
A view of Portsmouth during a snowstorm, seen from Peirce Island #
A parker's Maple Barn employee, Kyle Gay, pours maple-tree sap into a larger bucket in Brookline, New Hampshire, February 21, 2017. #
A view of the Riverwalk Covered Bridge and buildings of Littleton, New Hampshire, as seen from across the Ammonoosuc River #
A snow-covered Mount Washington stands in the distance, beyond the Mount Washington Hotel. The hotel first opened in 1902. #
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