Great North Woods Region (New Hampshire)

Coordinates: 44°41′N 71°18′W / 44.69°N 71.3°W / 44.69; -71.3
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In this 2018 map by the N.H. Department of Transportation, the Great North Woods region is located at the northern tip of New Hampshire, colored blue-green in this map.

The Great North Woods Region, also known as the North Country, is located at the northern tip of

Coos County. The dividing line is loosely defined as running from Cushman, a hamlet within Dalton, to south of Berlin and east to the Maine border, roughly following US Route 2
.

The region has around 30,000 permanent residents. Berlin is the largest community in the sparsely populated region by a sizable margin, with more than one-third of the population of the region. Lancaster, the county seat, is the second largest community. Of the remaining communities in the region, only Milan, Colebrook, and Northumberland have more than 1,000 people.

Great North Woods

Tourism marketing for the region is provided by New Hampshire Grand, the official convention and visitors' bureau for the region, as well as the

White Mountains National Forest, including the Pilot Range and Mount Cabot, the highest peak of the Great North Woods. North of the Pilot Range is the Nash Stream State Forest. The Connecticut Lakes, headwaters of the Connecticut River
, lie at the northern tip of the region.

The main industries aside from tourism are logging and paper manufacture, centered on Berlin.

There are no major freeways; nearly all roads outside of the few population centers are two-lane state highways.

US Route 3 in the west along the Connecticut River and, in the east, New Hampshire Route 16 along the border with Maine provide the main north-south routes, while east-west traffic follows US Route 2, New Hampshire Route 110 and New Hampshire Route 26
.

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44°41′N 71°18′W / 44.69°N 71.3°W / 44.69; -71.3