Profile Lake

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Profile Lake
Profile Lake, Evening by Sylvester Phelps Hodgdon
Location	Franconia Notch State Park, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Coordinates	44°9′49″N, 71°40′41″WCoordinates: 44°9′49″N, 71°40′41″W
Primary outflows	Pemigewasset River
Basin countries	United States
Max. length	0.3 mi (0.48 km)
Max. width	0.1 mi (0.16 km)
Surface area	13 acres (5.3 ha)
Surface elevation	1,930 ft (590 m)

Profile Lake is a 13-acre water body located in Franconia Notch in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, at the foot of Cannon Mountain. The lake was given its name due to its location directly beneath the Old Man of the Mountain, a famous rock formation which collapsed in 2003. The lake is near the height of land in Franconia Notch; the lake's outlet is the Pemigewasset River, which flows south to the Merrimack River and ultimately the Gulf of Maine (Atlantic Ocean) at Newburyport, Massachusetts.