New Hampshire, United States – from the archives of the Hand Drawn Map Association

Franconia Notch

Ben was a fifth grader and avid hiker when he drew this remarkably detailed topographic map of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Dense hand-rendered contour lines fill the page, with dozens of labeled peaks, trails, brooks, ponds, and roads including Mt. Lafayette, Mt. Lincoln, the Kancamagus Highway, and Tripoli Road, all recorded with the kind of […]

God

Pier, a professional illustrator, sent us a series of preliminary sketches for one of his maps. We particularly like seeing his thought process as he creates the map. Pier tell us this map, “was drawn for a wedding in upstate New Hampshire. All of the guests were driving up from Boston, Northampton, Manchester…and then later […]