Hotels in Lebanon, New Hampshire

A little about Lebanon...

Lebanon is a city in Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 12,568 at the 2000 census. Lebanon is located in western New Hampshire, south of Hanover, near the Connecticut River. It is the home to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School, together comprising the largest medical facility between Boston, Massachusetts and Burlington, Vermont.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 107.1 km² (41.4 mi²). 104.5 km² (40.4 mi²) of it is land and 2.6 km² (1.0 mi²) of it is water, comprising 2.39% of the town. Lebanon is drained by the Mascoma River. The southern end of Moose Mountain is in the northeast. The highest point in Lebanon is the northern end of Shaker Mountain (1,657 feet / 505 meters above sea level), on the eastern border of the city.

The routing of Interstate highways I-91 and I-89 through Lebanon and nearby White River Junction, Vermont, in addition to the growth of Dartmouth College, led to the area's economic revival. The former mill town now has a mixed economy based on education, medical services, high-technology and retail. Just south of the village of West Lebanon, a major shopping district has sprung up at the intersection of Route 12A and 89. Lebanon has undertaken improvements to its recreational facilities, including miles of hiking trails, a municipal ski area, a swimming pool and several sports fields.

In 1991, the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, along with most departments of the Dartmouth Medical School, moved from Hanover to a new campus just south of the Lebanon-Hanover town line. A number of medical and high-tech firms have located facilities near the medical center campus. Tele Atlas, the world's leading developer of mapping databases, has its North American headquarters in Lebanon. Novell and Microsoft also have major facilities here.

Together with Hanover and White River Junction, Lebanon today is center of a Micropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing nearly 30 towns along the upper Connecticut River valley.