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Chocorua, New Hampshire

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Carroll

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
160 m

State
  
New Hampshire

Town
  
Tamworth

ZIP code
  
03817

Local time
  
Sunday 5:08 PM

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Weather
  
-2°C, Wind NW at 21 km/h, 19% Humidity

Chocorua is an unincorporated community within the town of Tamworth in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. It is located in the general area where Routes 16 and 113 meet, south of Mount Chocorua and Chocorua Lake.

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Map of Chocorua, Tamworth, NH 03817, USA

Mount Chocorua is commonly known in the area as the "Matterhorn" of the White Mountains due to its triangular summit. Chocorua Lake at the southern base of the mountain is among the most beautiful lakes in the White Mountains. Tourists often pull off Route 16 and stop to swim and take pictures of the lake with the mountain in the background.

Notable people

  • Truman Howe Bartlett, sculptor, Abraham Lincoln photography historian (summer resident)
  • William James, philosopher and US founder of experimental psychology; died in Chocorua
  • Paul Scott Mowrer, New Hampshire's first Poet Laureate; lived in Chocorua
  • Hadley Richardson, the first wife of Ernest Hemingway.
  • Robert I. Rotberg, former President of the World Peace Foundation (vacation resident)
  • References

    Chocorua, New Hampshire Wikipedia