Emergency vet access in New Hampshire
Of 210 listed veterinary practices in New Hampshire,6 post verified around-the-clock hours across 5 cities, and 5 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 1 emergency provider is verified to treat exotic pets. 15 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in New Hampshire
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Area Veterinary Emergency & Specialty | Concord | (603) 227-1199 | |
| Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester | Manchester | (603) 666-6677 | |
| Port City Veterinary Referral Hospital | Portsmouth | (603) 433-0056 | |
| Veterinary Emergency Critical care & Referral Center of NH | Portsmouth | (603) 431-3600 | |
| Myhre Equine Clinic | Rochester | (603) 335-4777 | |
| Rockingham Emergency Veterinary Hospital | Windham | (603) 870-9770 | ✓ verified |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among New Hampshire towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Lebanon — nearest 24/7 hospital is Capital Area Veterinary Emergency & Specialty in Concord, 47 mi straight-line (roughly a 57 min drive)
- Keene — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester in Manchester, 43 mi straight-line (roughly a 51 min drive)
- Amherst — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester in Manchester, 11 mi straight-line (roughly a 19 min drive)
- Nashua — nearest 24/7 hospital is Rockingham Emergency Veterinary Hospital in Windham, 10 mi straight-line (roughly a 18 min drive)
- Stratham — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Critical care & Referral Center of NH in Portsmouth, 10 mi straight-line (roughly a 17 min drive)
- Hooksett — nearest 24/7 hospital is Capital Area Veterinary Emergency & Specialty in Concord, 8 mi straight-line (roughly a 14 min drive)
- Dover — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Critical care & Referral Center of NH in Portsmouth, 7 mi straight-line (roughly a 13 min drive)
- Derry — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency Center of Manchester in Manchester, 7 mi straight-line (roughly a 13 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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