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Vandals attack the American flag in middle of Harvey Lake (summer 2009) - click here -
Harvey Lake is one of about five lakes in Northwood, NH and at 95 acres, it is number four in size, with only one other Northwood lake smaller. The smaller Lucas Pond, doesn't allow motor boats. The other lakes, include Harvey Lake, do allow boats with motors. The three larger lakes are much larger and thus have the lion's share of motor boat traffic. This keeps Harvey Lake nice and quiet!


MORE ABOUT NORTHWOOD, NH

Northwood is located midway between the New Hamsphire seacoast communities (Portsmouth, Durham, etc.) and the state capital, Concord, located in the middle of the state. The road connecting the coast to the capital is one of the first highways in the state, going back to colonial times. Northwood, with it lakes and level ground, was a convenient stopping point along that road. Thus, besides the ever present farms (which supplied produce to both the capital and seacoast), the town has a history of Inns and eating establishments that continued into the 1970s. Today, the highway through town is know as Antique Alley (which even has its own web site) and consists of one antique shop after another. Two other noteworthy Northwood stops along the highway are the tiny Northwood Meadows State Park (a great place to walk) and the Puzzle Time jigsaw puzzle shop which is practically across the street from the State Park. Johnsons Seafood and Dairy Bar is also located on the highway in Northwood and is the best and largest restaurant between Portsmouth and Concord. Originally opened around 1950 (under different owners) the outdoor walk up dairy bar is always packed all summer long and its ice cream regularly gets high marks in 'best ice cream' surveys. The restaurant is large and comfortable with a good menu and very reasonable prices. I love their clam chowder.


Like most old New Hampshire towns, the original Northwood consisted of several 'sub-towns' located a few miles from each other. These days, it is all blended together, but the result is no 'central downtown' or town green. There is an old church and cemetery here, and another one a few miles away. Main Street and School Street are no longer the busy center of town and there are no schools left on School Street. For most folks today, Northwood consists of about seven miles of highway with lots of antique shops, old homes, a few glimpses of lake views, a couple of schools and small businesses on either side of the road. Except for maybe stopping for ice cream or dinner at Johnsons, most folks just 'pass through' Northwood heading east toward the seacoast (and Interstate 95) or west toward Concord (and Interstates 93 and 89).


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Harvey Lake - Northwood, NH

The dog days of summer, maybe?


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Harvey Lake - Northwood, NH

"Blueberry Point" - Lakeside living


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Harvey Lake - Northwood, NH

Take your shoes off, rest a spell!



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Northwood - Harvey Lake Weather

(note: data below is for Concord, NH - about 15 miles west of Northwood)
DATE AVERAGE HIGH AVERAGE LOW RECORD HIGH RECORD LOW SUNRISE SUNSET
             
             
May 1 64 37 88 26 5:39 7:47
May 5 66 39 91 25 5:33 7:52
May 8 67 40 93 22 5:30 7:55
May 13 69 41 88 27 5:24 8:00
May 20 71 44 96 25 5:17 8:08
May 28 74 46 94 29 5:10 8:15
June 5 76 49 93 35 5:06 8:22
June 8 76 50 93 34 5:05 (min early) 8:24
June 19 79 53 98 36 5:05 8:28
June 20 79 53 98 37 5:05 8:29 (latest)
June 22 79 54 95 37 5:05 8:29
June 23 80 54 94 39 5:06 (going shorter) 8:29
JULY 4TH 82 56 95 40 5:11 8:28 (going shorter)
July 20 83 58 (max high) 101 41 5:23 8:19
July 21 84 (max high) 58 101 41 5:24 8:19
July 27 83 (going down) 58 97 37 5:30 8:13
Aug. 7 83 57 96 41 5:42 8:00
Aug. 8 82 57 (going down) 95 42 5:43 7:58
Aug. 23 80 54 91 38 5:59 7:36
Aug. 24 79 54 95 38 6:00 7:34
Aug. 27 79 53 96 36 6:04 7:29
9/05 (LABORDAY) 76 51 91 35 6:13 7:14
Sept. 8 75 49 94 32 6:17 7:08
Sept. 9 74 49 95 30 6:18 7:06
Sept. 12 73 48 91 30 6:21 7:01
Sept. 20 71 45 92 28 6:30 6:46
Sept. 24 69 43 87 24 6:34 6:39
Sept. 27 70 44 92 28 6:32 6:43
Sept. 29 67 41 86 25 6:44 6:30
Oct. 4 65 39 84 22 6:46 6:21
Oct.7 64 38 90 21 6:49 6:16
Oct. 16 61 35 87 17 7:00 6:01
Oct. 17 60 34 89 14 7:02 5:59
Oct. 19 59 34 82 11 7:04 5:56
Oct. 25 57 32 (first freeze) 83 16 7:12 5:47
Oct. 28 56 32 78 11 7:15 (latest dst) 5:43 (end dst)
Oct. 31 54 31 78 14 6:19 4:38
Nov. 6 52 30 75 14 6:27 4:30
Nov. 9 50 30 74 11 6:30 4:27
Nov. 11 50 29 70 9 6:33 4:25
Nov. 12 49 29 65 7 6:34 4:24
11/23 (THANKSG) 44 25 73 -1 6:48 4:15
Nov. 26 43 24 64 -2 6:52 4:13
Dec. 3 40 21 60 -4 7:00 4:10
Dec. 5 39 20 62 -7 7:02 4:10
Dec. 7 38 19 65 -5 7:04 4:09 (shortest est)
Dec. 12 36 17 67 -15 7:08 4:10 (going longer)
Dec. 19 34 15 60 -16 7:13 4:11
Dec. 21 34 14 60 -21 7:15 4:12
CHISTMAS 33 13 55 -18 7:16 4:15
Dec. 27 32 (first subfreeze) 13 58 -8 7:17 4:16
Dec. 30 32 12 54 -21 7:18 (latest est) 4:15
Jan. 8 31 10 59 -25 7:17 (going longer) 4:27
Jan. 11 30 (min low) 10 58 -27 7:17 4:30
Jan. 15 30 9 (min low) 63 -19 7:15 4:35
Jan. 24 31 (going up) 9 57 -27 7:09 4:46
Jan. 29 31 10 (going up) 48 -21 7:04 4:53
Feb. 2 31 10 52 -15 7:00 4:59
Feb. 3 32 10 52 -15 6:59 5:00
Feb. 9 33 (first nonfreeze) 11 57 -19 6:52 5:08
Feb. 13 34 12 60 -23 6:46 5:14
Feb. 19 35 14 64 -13 6:37 5:22
Feb. 24 36 15 62 -13 6:30 5:28
Feb. 26 37 16 66 -15 6:26 5:31
March 3 39 18 59 -11 6:18 5:37
March 5 40 19 61 -4 6:15 5:40
March 14 43 22 72 -11 6:59 (dst) 5:51 (dst)
March 16 44 23 68 2 6:56 6:53
March 18 44 24 64 -13 6:52 6:55
March 22 46 25 74 5 6:45 7:00
March 28 49 27 82 2 6:33 7:08
March 31 50 28 69 10 6:29 7:10
April 2 51 28 73 13 6:25 7:15
April 4 52 29 77 9 6:22 7:16
April 8 54 30 77 12 6:13 7:21
April 16 57 32 88 15 6:02 7:30
April 17 58 33 (first nonfreeze) 94 18 6:00 7:31
April 20 59 34 92 16 5:55 7:34
             
             

RAINFALL:

Rainfall is a pretty uniform 3 to 3.5 inches each month (about 35-40 inches per year). Of course, in winter the rain becomes snow. One inch of snow forms 4.5 to 6 inches of snow. Average annual snowfall is about 60-65 inches each year (about 4 inches in Nov., 14 inches in Dec., 18 inches in Jan., 14 inches in Feb., 11.5 inches in March, and 2.5 inches in April).

CLOUD COVER:

Approx. 25% of the days are clear and cloud free; 25% are partly cloudy and 50% of the days are considered cloudy. Again, these percentages are pretty constant all through the different months.


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