Beta

GuidedFloats is in beta. The full site launches March 1, 2027. The mobile app follows.

Guides: claim before March 1, 2027 and your first full season of Premium is free. Claim your founding spot →

Home › Waters › New Hampshire › Tailwaters
New Hampshire waters

New Hampshire tailwaters

The river below a dam. Releases, not weather, decide the flow, and cold water drawn from depth keeps trout alive far south of where they could otherwise live.

Gauge locations. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

4 tailwaters in New Hampshire

WaterDischargePercentileTemp24hGuidesPrograms
Ashuelot River below Surry Mountain DamNHASHUELOT RIVER BELOW SURRY MT DAM, NEAR KEENE, NH28 cfsn/an/a↓ falling0none yet
Contoocook River below Hopkinton DamNHCONTOOCOOK R BL HOPKINTON DAM AT W HOPKINTON, NH237 cfsn/an/a↑ rising0none yet
Nubanusit Brook below MacDowell DamNHNUBANUSIT BK BLW MACDOWELL DAM NR PETERBOROUGH NHGauge data pending0none yet
Piscataquog RiverNHPISCATAQUOG RIVER BL EVERETT DAM, NR E WEARE, NH25 cfsn/an/a→ steady0none yet

Looking for something else in New Hampshire? See all 24 New Hampshire waters, with the guides and recognition programs attached to them.