It is located along New Hampshire Route 12 directly across the Connecticut River from the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont.

North Walpole offered twelve to eighteen saloons to quench log drivers' thirst.

[3] These spring drives were stopped after 1915, when pleasure boat owners complained about the hazards to navigation.

The Arch Bridge leads from North Walpole across the Connecticut River to the village of Bellows Falls in Vermont.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the North Walpole CDP has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2), of which 2.24 acres (9,081 m2), or 0.51%, are water.