Editing New Ipswich, New Hampshire (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|85.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|84.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}} are water, comprising 0.97% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The eastern and central parts of New Ipswich are drained by the [[Souhegan River]], a northeastward-flowing tributary of the [[Merrimack River]]. [[New Ipswich Mountain]], part of the [[Wapack Range]], is the highest point in the town, with an elevation of {{convert|1881|ft|m}} above [[sea level]]. On the west side of the Wapack Range, the northwestern corner of town is drained by the [[Gridley River]], a northwestward-flowing tributary of the [[Contoocook River]], which continues north to the Merrimack. The southwestern part of town, including Mountain Pond, Island Pond, and Binney Pond, comprise headwaters of the [[Millers River]], which flows southwest into Massachusetts, part of the [[Connecticut River]] watershed.

Much of the town is made up of the wooded foothills of the Wapack Range. Secondary growth forests have reclaimed the vast majority of the pasture lands that dominated New Ipswich and much of New England at the beginning of the 20th century.

=== Adjacent municipalities ===
* [[Temple, New Hampshire|Temple]] (north)
* [[Greenville, New Hampshire|Greenville]] (east)
* [[Mason, New Hampshire|Mason]] (southeast)
* [[Ashby, Massachusetts]] (south)
* [[Ashburnham, Massachusetts]] (southwest)
* [[Rindge, New Hampshire|Rindge]] (west)
* [[Sharon, New Hampshire|Sharon]] (northwest)