Editing Albany, New Hampshire (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|196.2|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|194.6|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|1.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 0.79% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020"/> It is drained by the [[Swift River (Saco River tributary)|Swift River]] in the north and the [[Chocorua River]] in the south. The town lies fully within the [[Saco River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref name=watershed>{{cite book |title=Water Use in New Hampshire: An Activities Guide for Teachers |url=http://nh.water.usgs.gov/Publications/nh.intro.html |last=Foster |first=Debra H. |author2=Batorfalvy, Tatianna N.|author3=Medalie, Laura |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Geological Survey |year=1995}}</ref> [[Mount Chocorua]], the highest point in Albany, has an elevation of {{convert|3474|ft|m}}, and Mount Paugus has an elevation of {{convert|3201|ft|m|abbr=on}}.

Eighty-five percent of the area in the town is part of the [[White Mountain National Forest]].<ref>[http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu New Hampshire GRANIT state geographic information system] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130803072027/http://www.granit.sr.unh.edu/ |date=August 3, 2013 }}</ref> Most residential development occurs in the southeastern portion of the town, along [[New Hampshire Route 16]]. [[New Hampshire Route 112|Route 112]], the [[Kancamagus Highway]], runs east-west along the Swift River and is nearly entirely within the national forest. The former village of Passaconaway occupies a broad valley along the Kancamagus Highway in the northwestern part of the town. The area is now a national forest visitor attraction. Other place names within the town limits include [[Ferncroft, New Hampshire|Ferncroft]], in the extreme southwest corner of town, and the former site of Paugus Mill, along the town's southern boundary.

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Bartlett, New Hampshire|Bartlett]] (north)
* [[Hale's Location, New Hampshire|Hale's Location]] (northeast)
* [[Conway, New Hampshire|Conway]] (east)
* [[Madison, New Hampshire|Madison]] (southeast)
* [[Tamworth, New Hampshire|Tamworth]] (south)
* [[Sandwich, New Hampshire|Sandwich]] (southwest)
* [[Waterville Valley, New Hampshire|Waterville Valley]] (west)
* [[Livermore, New Hampshire|Livermore]] (northwest)