Sullivan County / Rural Hilltown
Acworth
A quiet western New Hampshire hilltown with white steeples, wooded ridgelines, open sky, and rural village character.
NH259 Project / New Hampshire Aerial Town Archive
New Hampshire 259 Town Archive
A growing visual archive documenting New Hampshire’s towns, cities, villages, and unincorporated places from the air — civic centers, mill towns, steeples, village greens, rivers, ridgelines, abandoned places, and the landscapes that define them.
Hillsborough County / Southern NH
Bedford
A southern New Hampshire town with historic civic architecture, wooded neighborhoods, and broad views toward the Merrimack Valley region.
Sullivan County / Mill City
Claremont
A historic western New Hampshire mill city shaped by the Sugar River, brick industrial architecture, winter rooftops, and one of the region’s strongest clock tower compositions.
Merrimack County / Mill City
Franklin
A river-and-mill city at the meeting of New Hampshire’s industrial past and modern downtown renewal, with church steeples, brick mill blocks, and dramatic skyline views.
Hillsborough County / Village Center
Goffstown
A distinctive village center shaped by the Piscataquog River, civic buildings, clock tower views, and layered New England streetscapes.
Merrimack County / Relocated Village
Hill
A special NH259 showcase pairing the present-day town of Hill with the abandoned Old Hill Village landscape tied to the Franklin Falls Dam flood-control project.
Hillsborough County / Home Base
Hillsborough
A classic New Hampshire townscape with church towers, winter streets, old brickwork, and layered views into the Contoocook River valley.
Hillsborough County / Village Green
Hollis
A refined southern New Hampshire village with historic greens, steeples, preserved architecture, and pastoral open space.
Merrimack County / River Corridor
Hooksett
A river town north of Manchester shaped by the Merrimack River, bridge crossings, wooded ridgelines, and broad industrial-valley views.
Upper Valley / Grafton County
Lebanon
An Upper Valley center with a civic common, white steeples, surrounding hills, and broad aerial views of one of western New Hampshire’s strongest regional hubs.
Sullivan County / Wind & Pond Country
Lempster
A highland town of ponds, ridgelines, old roads, and turbine views where rural New Hampshire opens into long horizon lines.
Hillsborough County / River Village
New Boston
A village-centered New Hampshire town with strong civic landmarks, river landscape, hills, and compact Main Street identity.
Sullivan County / Historic Town Center
Newport
A western New Hampshire town with prominent steeples, civic architecture, winter streets, and strong historic downtown identity.
Grafton County / Connecticut River Valley
Orford
A Connecticut River town framed by classic steeples, farmland, valley roads, and wide western New Hampshire views.
Carroll County / Lakes & Villages
Wakefield
A lake-and-village town in eastern New Hampshire with steeples, water, rail corridors, and layered foothill views.