Hopkins Pond (New Hampshire)

Infobox lake
lake_name = Hopkins Pond
image_lake = Hopkins_Pond.jpg
caption_lake = Sunset
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caption_bathymetry =
location = Merrimack County, New Hampshire
coords = coord|43|26|47|N|71|48|33|W|region:US-FR_type:waterbody|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =
outflow = tributary of the Blackwater River via Mountain Brook
catchment =
basin_countries = United States
length = convert|0.3|mi|km|1|lk=on
width = convert|0.25|mi|km|1|lk=on
area = convert|27|acre|ha|0|lk=on
depth = convert|20|ft|m|0
max-depth = convert|50|ft|0
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shore =
elevation = convert|644|ft|m|0
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cities = Andover, New Hampshire

Hopkins Pond (also known as Adder Pond) is located on the south slope of Ragged Mountain, less than two miles (3 km) northeast of downtown Andover, New Hampshire at convert|644|ft|m in elevation [Andover, USGS Andover (NH) Topo Map. [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=43.44777&lon=-71.80508&symshow=n&datum=nad83&layer=DRG Topozone Website] . Retrieved 12 December 2007] . The pond is part of Proctor Academy's convert|2500|acre|km2|sing=on campus in Andover and is jointly managed by Proctor and the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. The pond area is open to the public for non-motorized boat travel, fishing and hiking.

This shallow pond has an average depth of convert|20|ft|m, is convert|50|ft|m deep at the deepest point, and covers a total area of 27 acres. [NH Fish & Wildlife. [http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/bathy_maps/hopkins_andover.pdf Hopkins (Adder) Pond PDF] . Retrieved 12 December 2007] The pond empties eastward into Mountain Brook below Elbow Pond. Mountain Brook, in turn, is a tributary of the Blackwater River, which flows via the Contoocook River and Merrimack River to the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) at Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Hopkins Pond sits within the Merrimack River watershed, and is floristically considered part of the Sunapee Uplands sub-region of the Lower New England-Northern Piedmont Ecoregion as defined by The Nature Conservancy and the New England-Acadian Forest Ecoregion as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. [The Nature Concervancy's GIS Website. Map Gallery. [http://gis.tnc.org/data/MapbookWebsite/listmaps.php Nature Concervancy Ecoregion Map Gallery] Retrieved 23 December 2007.] [World Wildlife Fund. New England-Acadian forests (NA0410). [http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na0410_full.html WWF's New England-Acadian forest description] Retrieved on 23 December 2007]

The north shore of Hopkins Pond can be accessed from the west by Middle Hopkins Pond Trail. The south shore can be accessed from Lower Hopkins Pond Trail. Both shores can be accessed from the east by an NH Fish and Game access road off of Elbow Pond Road.

References

External links

* [http://pa-hopkinspond.wetpaint.com Hopkins Pond Wiki]
* [http://www.proctoracademy.org Proctor Academy Website]
* [http://www.merrimack.org/ Merrimack River Watershed Council Website]