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==Geography== {{More citations needed|section|date=June 2023}} According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|170.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|169.7|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 0.47% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> Franconia is drained by the [[Pemigewasset River]], the Franconia Branch of the [[East Branch Pemigewasset River]], the [[Gale River]], and the [[Ham Branch]] of the Gale River, in addition to Lafayette Brook. The north-western two-thirds of Franconia lies within the [[Connecticut River]] [[Drainage basin|watershed]], while the southeastern portion which drains to the Pemigewasset and its branches lies in the [[Merrimack River]] 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> The area of [[Franconia Notch]] is well known for its natural features, including [[Profile Lake|Profile]] and [[Echo Lake (Franconia Notch)|Echo]] lakes, the Basin, [[Mount Lafayette]], [[Mount Lincoln (New Hampshire)|Mount Lincoln]], and [[Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire)|Cannon Mountain]]. Mount Lafayette, at {{convert|5249|ft|m}} above [[sea level]], is the highest peak in Franconia and in Grafton County, as well as the second-most [[topographic prominence|prominent]] peak in the [[White Mountains (New Hampshire)|White Mountains]], after [[Mount Washington]]. The [[Old Man of the Mountain]], a profile-like cliff on the side of Cannon Mountain which inspired [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]] to write "[[The Great Stone Face (Hawthorne)|The Great Stone Face]]", collapsed on May 3, 2003. In addition to the mountains around Franconia Notch, there are several other [[four-thousand footers]] within the town limits: [[Mount Garfield (New Hampshire)|Mount Garfield]], [[Galehead Mountain]], [[South Twin Mountain (New Hampshire)|South Twin Mountain]], and [[Owl's Head (Franconia, New Hampshire)|Owl's Head]]. {{clear left}} <gallery> Image:Franconia Notch, NH Looking North.jpg|Franconia Notch, {{circa|1915}} Image:Forest Hill House, Franconia, NH.jpg|Forest Hill House, {{circa|1909}} Image:Echo Lake, Franconia Notch, NH.jpg|[[Echo Lake (Franconia Notch)|Echo Lake]] {{circa|1905}} Image:DowAcademy.jpg|[[Cannon Mountain (New Hampshire)|Cannon Mountain]] rising over Franconia village in 2007 </gallery>
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