Hopkins Pond (also known as Adder Pond) is a small pond located at the south foot of
Ragged Mountain, in the town of
Andover, New Hampshire
Andover is a New England town, town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,406 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Andover includes the villages of Cilleyville, Potter ...
, United States. It lies at an elevation of . The pond is part of
Proctor Academy
Proctor Academy is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9–12 located on in Andover, New Hampshire. The school was established in 1848 by the town of Andover, with Dyer H. Sanborn as the principal. There are abo ...
's 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 , is deep at the deepest point, and covers a total area of .
It empties eastward into Mountain Brook below Elbow Pond. Mountain Brook, in turn, is a tributary of the
Blackwater River
A blackwater river is a type of River#Classification, river with a slow-moving channel flowing through forested swamps or wetlands. Most major blackwater rivers are in the Amazon Basin and the Southern United States. The term is used in fluvial ...
, which flows via the
Contoocook River
The Contoocook River () is a river in New Hampshire. It flows from Contoocook Lake on the Jaffrey/ Rindge border to Penacook (just north of Concord), where it empties into the Merrimack River. It is one of only a few rivers in New Hampshire th ...
and
Merrimack River
The Merrimack River (or Merrimac River, an occasional earlier spelling) is a river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into M ...
to the
Gulf of Maine
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(
Atlantic Ocean
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) at
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport is a coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston. The population was 18,289 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. A historic seaport with a vibrant tourism industry, Newburyport includes p ...
.
Hopkins Pond sits within the Merrimack River
watershed
Watershed may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, an area of land where surface water converges (North American usage)
Music
* Watershed Music Festival, an annual country ...
, 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
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is a global environmental organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States. it works via affiliates or branches in 79 countries and territories, as well as across every state in the US.
Founded in ...
, and the New England-Acadian Forest Ecoregion, as defined by the
World Wildlife Fund
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.
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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 Elbow Pond Road.
Observed species of fish in the pond include
rainbow trout
The rainbow trout (''Oncorhynchus mykiss'') is a species of trout native to cold-water tributary, tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in North America and Asia. The steelhead (sometimes called steelhead trout) is an Fish migration#Classification, ...
and
brook trout
The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...
.
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See also
*List of lakes in New Hampshire
This is a list of lakes and ponds in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services lists 944 lakes and impoundments in their ''Official List of Public Waters''. The water bodies that are listed include na ...
References
External links
Hopkins Pond WikiProctor AcademyMerrimack River Watershed Council
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Lakes of Merrimack County, New Hampshire
Lakes of New Hampshire