www.discovernewengland.co.uk NEW HAMPSHIRE
NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE
Woods and Mountains TOP
● Off
shore
are th
e
Getting away from it all is easy in
TIPS
nine m
ysterious

Isles of
Shoals
New Hampshire: just head north.
;
take a
boat
tour t
o see
them
, or
The White Mountain National Forest
opt fo
r the c
ruise
that l
ets yo
u
(which is shared with Maine) is
go ashor
e on Star
Island
for a
pic
twice the size of Surrey and has
nic!
86 peaks. At 6,288 feet, the tallest
● Tak
e the
140-y
ear-o
ld
is Mt Washington, the highest in
steam-po
wered
Cog Rai
lway t
o
New England and the best-known
the top
of Mt
Washington
. Ride
thr
of the ‘Presidential Range’ of peaks
ough
valleys
on the
Conw
ay
Scenic
Railwa
named for US presidents. The
y and
the H
obo
Railroad
, or al
ong th
e lak
state is famous for its skiing, but
e
on the
Winnipes
aukee
Scenic

‘The Whites’ are just as popular in
Railroad
.
summer and autumn. Ride up cable
cars and tramways to the summits
of Cannon and Loon Mountains; happy at Six Gun City & Fort Splash
a new society in a new land. churches. The story of 400 years of zoom down alpine slides at Attitash Water Park or Santa’s Village, where
www.concordnhchamber.com everyday life is told at Strawbery or on the ZipRider at Wildcat. Walk it is Christmas every day. At the top
Banke Museum, named after the fi rst up to the waterfall in the Flume of the state are the Great North
PORTSMOUTH Harbour City settlement. This ‘community’ has Gorge, in Franconia Notch State Woods – with more snowmobile
Near the mouth of the Piscataqua 37 historic houses, furnished with Park – one of some 45 state parks trails than roads and more moose
River, Portsmouth was settled in antiques and everyday artefacts. and beaches. Stay in Jackson, one than people! Go for river rafting,
1623, making it America’s third- Find out more by chatting to the of America’s prettiest villages; maple syrup and moose spotting
oldest city. There are seaside gardens costumed interpreters who cook, drive the 50-year-old Kancamagus at dusk.
and parks, restaurants and galleries, make barrels, garden and more. Highway, one of America’s fi nest www.northnh.com
18th-century homes and handsome www.portsmouthnh.com scenic routes. And, keep little ones www.visitwhitemountains.com
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