Editing Washington, New Hampshire (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Washington has a total area of {{convert|123.5|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|118.4|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|5.1|sqkm|order=flip}} are water, comprising 4.16% of the town.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2021"/> The town sits in a highland area atop a watershed divide. The [[Ashuelot River]], part of the [[Connecticut River]] watershed, drains the western side of the town, including [[Ashuelot Pond]] in the southwest. Bog Brook drains the center of the town from north to south, flowing into [[Highland Lake (Stoddard, New Hampshire)|Highland Lake]] near the southern border. The lake is part of the [[Contoocook River]] watershed, as are [[Beards Brook]] and Woodward Brook on the eastern side of town, and by the Contoocook River are therefore part of the [[Merrimack River]] watershed.

[[Lovewell Mountain]], located northeast of the town center and with an elevation of {{convert|2496|ft|m}}, is the highest point in town. As Edwin A. Charlton writes in ''New Hampshire As It Is'' (1855), the mountain "received its name from Captain [[John Lovewell]], who was accustomed to ascend it for the purpose of discovering the [[wigwam]]s of the [[Native Americans in the United States|Indians]], and who, on one occasion, killed seven Indians near its summit." The Washington Town Common, elevation {{convert|1507|ft|m}}, is the highest town center in the state. (The town hall of [[Clarksville, New Hampshire|Clarksville]] in northern New Hampshire is located at a higher elevation—{{convert|1980|ft|m}}—but there is no other village development there.)

===Adjacent municipalities===
* [[Goshen, New Hampshire|Goshen]] (north)
* [[Bradford, New Hampshire|Bradford]] (northeast)
* [[Hillsborough, New Hampshire|Hillsborough]] (east)
* [[Windsor, New Hampshire|Windsor]] (southeast)
* [[Stoddard, New Hampshire|Stoddard]] (south)
* [[Marlow, New Hampshire|Marlow]] (southwest)
* [[Lempster, New Hampshire|Lempster]] (northwest)