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New Hampshire: Beaches & History

The best-known New Hampshire beach, Hampton Beach, is a summer classic, a boardwalk-and-arcades type hub of activity.

Jenness Beach and Wallis Sands State Beach in Rye, North Hampton State Beach, and Sandy Beach in New Castle are family-friendly sandy spots.

On the lakes, the beaches at Ellacoya, Silver Lake, Kingston, Sunapee and Wadleigh State Parks also offer services such as canoe and kayak rentals.

Odiorne Point State Park, with its ocean views of Whaleback Light and Wentworth By the Sea, is a nature preserve that is a favorite for birdwatchers, kayakers and families.

The Seacoast Science Center offers hands-on sea-life and guided tours of the local tidal pools.

History buffs will enjoy a visit to the American Independence Museum in Exeter, especially during the Revolutionary War Festival encampment re-enactment in July.

Shaker Village is a 400-acre living museum showcasing Shaker life.

Celebrate the Centennial of Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize at the Portsmouth Historical Society's John Paul Jones House Museum in Portsmouth.





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From the sea coast to the soaring peaks of the highest mountains in the northeast, New Hampshire is a vacation destination that offers plenty of opportunity for sport and play – and the state is small enough to crisscross in a day. Vacationers can drive from ocean to mountains in less than three hours or dawdle in antique shops, berry-picking farms and picnic spots along the way.

Besides swimming, biking, hiking, camping and other outdoor adventures like skiing, there are dozens of activities the kids will enjoy: water parks, family-size amusement parks, petting zoos and working farms, museums and historic sites.

New Hampshire's ocean beaches are worth the trip. The best-known Hampton Beach is a summer classic, a boardwalk-and-arcades type hub of activity while Jenness Beach and Wallis Sands State Beach in Rye, North Hampton State Beach, and Sandy Beach in New Castle are family-friendly sandy spots.

There are also beaches along some of the lakes. In the Lakes Region, options range from New Hampshire’s largest, Lake Winnipesaukee, to 1299 other smaller lakes and ponds. “On Golden Pond” was filmed here, on Squam Lake. For wildlife watchers, there are 300 species of wild birds in New Hampshire. And New Hampshire’s famous tax-free shopping makes the state a bargain-hunter’s haven.

Everywhere in New Hampshire there are historic inns, grand hotels and family-owned Bed-and-breakfasts.

Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, and the surrounding region offer many tourism activities like a tour of the State House Hall of Flags or President Pierce's Manse, or an evening's entertainment at one of Concord's many performing arts facilities.

Manchester is a destination spot with a variety of historic attractions. Performing and fine arts balance commerce in Manchester where travelers have their choice of many downtown hotels within walking distance of many historic attractions. Manchester is known for the historic Amoskeag Millyard.

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Bretton Woods Located in the White Mountains in upper New Hampshire, Bretton Woods attractions include the Lawrence L. Lee Scouting Museum & Max I. Silber Library, and Mount Washington Cog Railway, the world's first mountain-climbing railway. At the top of Mt. Washington is the Mount Washington Observatory Weather Discovery Center.

South of Bretton Woods at North Conway, Mount Washington Valley and the Conway Scenic Railroad offers three tours. BRETTON WOODS
Charlestown In the west of the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee region region, Fort at No. 4 Living History Museum brings to life the history of the Connecticut River Valley during the 1740s and 1750s.


Colebrook Starting place to reach the headwaters of the Connecticut River and the 15,000 acre The Balsams resort where the Dixville Notch “Ballot Room” is located.


Concord The state legislature meets in the oldest continuously-operating State House in the country while the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium celebrates the NH schoolteacher who became the first civilian astronaut. Among the capital’s other attractions is the Museum of New Hampshire History and the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium.

East of Concord at Allenstown, the Museum Complex at Bear Brook State Park features museums of Family Camping, Civilian Conservation Corps, Old Allenstown Meetinghouse and snowmobiles .

To the north of Concord at Canterbury is the Shaker Village which provides an introduction to the customs, inventions, furniture, architecture and values of this utopian society. CONCORD HOTELS


Cornish Inspiration for luminist painter Maxfield Parrish, sculptor Augustus Saint Gaudens and other members of the Cornish Art Colony.


Dartmouth/Sunapee 17 covered bridges characterize the river run of this region along the Connecticut River western border of the state from the midpoint of Hanover, home of Dartmouth College to North Walpole. Summer and winter recreation options include the annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's Fair.


Dublin This white steepled village is home to Yankee magazine and the Old Farmer's Almanac.


Franconia Notch State Park Just south of Littleton, this is the state’s flagship park. The Old Man of the Mountain, that once perched 1,2000 feet up the slide of a cliff, collapsed in May 2003. "He" remains a symbol of New Hampshire and is now celebrated and remembered in a roadside museum.. Other attractions include the Flume Gorge and an aerial tramway that ascends 4,180-foot Cannon Mountain. FRANCONIA HOTELS


Grafton Ruggles Mine: The Mine in the Sky is mostly an open pit mine but there are giant rooms and tunnels with arched ceilings to explore. Nearby at Enfield is a Shaker Village where visitors can view 13 Shaker buildings on a self-guided tour.


Great North Woods Characterized by rugged and knowledgeable fly-fishing, hunting and hiking guides, much of this region is open for recreational use, including the largest snowmobile trail system in the Northeast (part of the state's 6,000 mile network of snowmobile trails.)


Hillsborough Birthplace of Franklin Pierce - 14th President of the US.


Jackson The Wildcat Mountain ski area in the White Mountains is renowned for its harsh weather and award-winning trails. JACKSON HOTELS


Jefferson Two fun attractions here in the Great North Woods are Santa’s Village, an amusement park with a Christmas theme, and Six Gun City & Fort Splash Water Park where visitors help the Sheriff catch outlaws.


Keene is a classic New England college town, named one of the National Trust's Distinctive Destinations. KEENE HOTELS


Lake Winnipesaukee, 72 sq. miles, is the most popular and largest lake in the state, featuring vacation destinations such as Weirs Beach and Wolfeboro (see below), and attractions including the MS Mount Washington.


Lancaster At Christies' Maple Farm & Maple Museum in the shadows of the White Mountains visitors learn how to make maple syrup. The New Hampshire Heritage Trail goes through John Wingate Weeks Historic Site.


Lincoln/Woodstock Among the attractions in Lincoln are Clark's Trading Post which has trained North American Black Bears, antique Americana and steam trains, the Hobo Railroad which takes visitors on a scenic 15-mile excursion along the Pemi River, Loon Mountain, a gondola skyride which whisks visitors to the summit to glacial caves, and Whale's Tale Water Park. LINCOLN HOTELS

In North Woodstock visitors can tour the Lost River Gorge on boardwalks, following the river among glacially scattered boulders.


Loudon The New Hampshire International Speedway is the only NASCAR Nextel Cup venue in the Northeast. LOUDON HOTELS


Manchester Performing and fine arts balance commerce: the Currier Museum of Art and Frank Lloyd Wright Zimmerman House complement the fastest growing airport in the US. MANCHESTER HOTELS


Meredith Attractions include the Annalee Doll Society & Museum, and the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad which travels between Meredith and Weirs Beach.


Merrimack Valley The commercial and governmental heart of NH for 300 years. Industry grew on the rapids of the Merrimack River where Victorian brick mill buildings still line the banks, now housing a mix of high tech and craftsmen. MERRIMACK HOTELS


Monadnock Region Incorporating Mount Monadnock, America's friendly 'most climbed mountain,' this region is NH's picture postcard brought to life.


Moultonborough The historic Castle Springs is the home of "Castle in the Clouds" which has a wide range of activities. The estate encompasses more than 5,200 acres of the Ossipee Mountains. Just north of Moultonborough is Tamworth where the Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm showcases 200 years of farming history. MOULTONBOROUGH HOTELS


New Castle There are three Historic Sites here, Fort Constitution, Fort Stark and Wentworth By the Sea Hotel which hosted the Russian and Japanese delegates to the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth peace conference. President Teddy Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for arranging these talks ending the bloody Russo-Japanese War. NEW CASTLE HOTELS


New Hampshire Connecticut Lakes This is a pristine region at the tip of New Hampshire offering unspoiled wilderness. It is the center of the North Country’s fishing and hunting.


North Salem America's Stonehenge is a lithic site which consists of stone chambers, dry-stone walls, underground passageways, standing stones, alignments and inscriptions.


Peterborough Inspiration for Thornton Wilder's “Our Town”


Plymouth Home to Polar Caves Park, glacial caves in the woodland settings of Glacial Rock Garden.

A 20 minute drive south from downtown Plymouth, Squam Lakes Natural Science Center at Holderness provides an opportunity to see wildlife close up. A bit further south, Ashland is the location for Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park campsite and resort. PLYMOUTH HOTELS


Portsmouth Located in the Seacoast region, Portmsouth was the first settlement in New Haampshire in 1623.

Among the attractions in Portsmouth are the Harbor Trail which passes more than 70 points of scenic and historic significance, the Children's Museum, Strawbery Banke Museum, showcaseing 400 years of NH history, and Water Country, the largest waterpark in New England. At the Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum & Albacore Park visitors tour the submarine which was the basis for today's nuclear submarines.

Also of interest are the Colonial houses of Portsmouth, two which are maintained by Historic New England (formerly the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities). Two more are National Historic Landmarks, including the Wentworth Gardner House that the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted to dismantle and reassemble in Central Park.

To the south of Portsmouth is Hampton Beach and Exeter where history is alive and fun at the American Independence Museum. PORTSMOUTH HOTELS


Seacoast 18 miles of coastline include everytthing from the Casino and Boardwalk of Hampton Beach and 4 more sandy state beaches, to the working port and lobster shacks of Portsmouth, the historic taproot of New Hampshire.


Squam Lake, the original "Golden Pond" is home to nesting loons.


Warner The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Education and Cultural Center showcases Native American history and culture, including jewelry, fine art and crafts.


White Mountains The mother lode for SkiNH, incorporating the 800,000 acre White Mountain National Forest and the 12-peak Presidential Range. 6,288 ft.


Wolfeboro The New Hampshire Antique & Classic Boat Museum preserves "the heritage of the Lakes Region". The Wright Museum is one of the largest collections from Home Front America during the 1939-1945 War Years.

Photo courtesy: New Hampshire Division of Travel & Tourism Development

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