Rochester, New Hampshire

Current Weather

The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Manchester. It is located about 31 miles [49 km] to the southwest of Rochester and has a population of 107,006 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Lowell (MA). It is located about 48 miles [77 km] to the south of Rochester and has a population of 105,167 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Andover (MA)	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	33,418	6.95% increase
	Danvers (MA)	S	50 mi [80.5 km]	26,762	6.15% increase
	Dracut (MA)	S	45 mi [72.4 km]	29,501	3.29% increase
	Gloucester (MA)	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	30,243	0.1% decrease
	Haverhill (MA)	S	36 mi [57.9 km]	61,275	3.91% increase
	Lawrence (MA)	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	70,014	2.82% decrease
	Methuen (MA)	S	40 mi [64.4 km]	44,055	0.61% increase
	North Andover (MA)	S	42 mi [67.6 km]	27,522	1.18% increase
	Tewksbury (MA)	S	48 mi [77.2 km]	29,543	2.4% increase
	Portland (ME)	NE	46 mi [74 km]	62,561	2.63% decrease
	Concord	W	29 mi [46.67 km]	42,255	3.85% increase
	Derry	SW	32 mi [51.5 km]	34,242	0.65% increase
	Dover	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	28,609	6.42% increase
	Nashua	SW	45 mi [72.4 km]	86,576	---
	Salem	S	37 mi [59.5 km]	29,414	4.63% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Berwick (ME)	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	7,542	18.72% increase
	Berwick (ME)	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	---
	Lebanon (ME)	NE	8 mi [12.87 km]	5,620	10.56% increase
	North Berwick (ME)	E	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,832	12.56% increase
	Barrington	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	8,469	13.3% increase
	Bow Lake Village	SW	9 mi [14.48 km]	---
	Durham	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Farmington	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	6,712	16.25% increase
	Farmington	NW	7 mi [11.27 km]	---
	Madbury	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	1,713	13.52% increase
	Milton	N	10 mi [16.09 km]	4,578	17.08% increase
	Northwood	SW	11 mi [17.7 km]	---
	Rollinsford	SE	8 mi [12.87 km]	2,643	0.19% decrease
	Somersworth	SE	5 mi [8.05 km]	11,967	4.27% increase
	Strafford	W	8 mi [12.87 km]	4,065	12.11% increase

Strafford County

Rochester is located in Strafford County.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Strafford: Carroll, York (ME), Rockingham, Merrimack and Belknap. Although it doesn't share a border with Strafford, Hillsborough it is close to Rochester.

Below are counties that are near Rochester (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Rochester:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Rochester
	Essex County (MA)	S	Amesbury (MA)	30 miles [48 km]
	Cumberland County (ME)	NE	Bonny Eagle (ME)	32 miles [51 km]
	Oxford County (ME)	N	Porter (ME)	34 miles [54 km]
	York County (ME)	NE	South Lebanon (ME)	3 miles [4 km]
	Belknap County	W	Lockes Corner	11 miles [17 km]
	Carroll County	N	Union	13 miles [20 km]
	Grafton County	NW	East Holderness	39 miles [62 km]
	Hillsborough County	SW	Massabesic	29 miles [46 km]
	Merrimack County	W	Pittsfield	16 miles [25 km]
	Rockingham County	SW	North Nottingham	11 miles [17 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Hampshire<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Rochester. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

Other Roadside Stops

Off-the-Road Links

Footnotes