NEW HAMPSHIRE

CARROLL COUNTY
Bretton Woods
Hotels
●Omni Mount Washington Resort – 310 Mount Washington Hotel Road; 603-278-1000 or 800-843-6664; omnihotels.com; 108 year-old hotel; restored Tiffany skylight in 4^th floor corridor; pub with farm-to-table fare.

Jackson Village
Hotels
●Inn at Thorn Hill & Spa – 12 Thorn Hill Road; 603-383-4321 or 800-289-8990; innatthornhill.com; quiet, romantic getaway in country; White Mountains’ foothills.



CHESHIRE COUNTY
Jaffrey
Hotels
●Inn at Jaffrey Center – 379 Main Street; 603-532-7800 or 877-510-7019; theinnatjaffreycenter.com; charming, built in 1830.
Sights & Sites
●Mount Monadnock – America’s “most climbed” mountain; village still looks much like it did in 1800s; National Historic District.

Walpole
Restaurants
●L.A. Burdick – 47 Main Street; 603-756-2882; burdickchocolate.com; carefully-packed macaroons (ordered by mail) deserve praise for arriving intact; only natural brighteners used; try coffee-and pistachio-perfumed versions.



GRAFTON COUNTY
Franconia
Sights & Sites
●New England Ski Museum – 11 Franconia Notch Parkway; 603-823-7177; newenglandskimuseum.org.

Lincoln
Sights & Sites
●Kancamagus Scenic Byway – State Route 112; kancamagushighway.com; among most beautiful “foliage drives” in America; travels through White Mountains.



HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Manchester
Restaurants
●Red Arrow Diner – 61 Lowell Street; 603-626-1118; redarrowdiner.com; local favorite since 1922; open 24 hours.

Peterborough
Bakeries, Coffee, Ice Cream, Juice & Tea
●Vicuña Chocolate Factory & Cafe – 515 Main Street; 603-924-2040; vicunachocolate.com; try steeped hot chocolate (more like tea).



LAKES (includes Sunapee & Winnipesaukee)
Sunapee (includes Newbury)
Restaurants
●Marzelli’s Cafe & Sweet Shoppe – 17 Lower Main Street (Sunapee); 603-763-2222.
Sights & Sites
●Fells-Historic Estate & Gardens – 456 Route 103A; 603-763-4789; thefells.org; 1 of New England’s finest examples early 20^th-Century summer estates; guided tours of John Milton Hay’s 22-room Colonial Revival summer home; 100-foot perennial border; Old Garden hidden behind masses rhododendron; and Lake Sunapee view from formal Rose Terrace; hillside Rock Garden where brook trickles to Japanese water lily pool.
●Newbury Historical Society – Sherman Hall, Village Road (South Newbury); 603-938-2892.
●Sunapee Historical Society Museum – Sunapee Harbor (Sunapee); 603-763-9872.
●Sunapee State Beach & State Park – Route 103 (Newbury); 603-763-5561; nhstateparks.org/state-parks; major recreation area in Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Region; in winter, alpine skiing available; boating, fishing, hiking, picnicking, swimming in summer/fall months.

Winnipesaukee
Hotels
●Inn on Main – 200 North Main Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-1335; innnewhampshire.com; more chic than Wolfeboro but stark and 10 minute walk (uphill) from town center.
●Wolfeboro Inn – 90 North Main Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-3016; wolfeboroinn.com; dates to 1812; has own beach and bar.
Restaurants
●Mise en Place – 96 Lehner Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-5788; miseenplacenh.com; French “fine dining.”
●Restaurant – 37 North Main Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-3000; therestaurant03894.com; classic American fare; for families, in particular.
●Sea Bird – 89 Center Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-9031; seabirdasiancuisine.com; Chinese.
Services
●Millie B. – Wolfeboro Town Docks (Wolfeboro, on Main Street); 603-569-4554; nhbm.org; in July and August, antique boat ride on Lake Winnipesaukee every 45 minutes.
Shopping
●Country Bookseller – 23 North Main Street (Wolfeboro); 603-569-6030; thecountrybookseller.com; books.
Sights & Sites
●New Hampshire Boat Museum – 399 Center Street (Wolfeboro Falls); 603-569-4554; nhbm.org.



MERRIMACK COUNTY
Andover
Sights & Sites
●Andover Historical Society – 105/106 Depot Street; 603-735-5628.
●Cilleyville/Bog Bridge – at N.H. Route 11 and N.H. Route 4A junction; built in 1887; covered bridge spanning Pleasant Brook.
●Highland Lake Apple Farm – 50 Maple StreetEast; 603-735-5058; apple-picking.
●Keniston Bridge – Lorden Road (south of U.S. Route 4, 1 mile west of Andover Village); covered bridge built in 1882.

Bradford
Sights & Sites
●Bement Bridge – Bradford Center Road (.25 mile north of N.H. Routes 103 and 114 intersection); covered bridge built in 1854.
●Bradford Bog – from Rte. 9 (in Hillsborough), go northwest on Hillsborough Center and East Washington Roads about 9 miles to East Washington, then northeast on East Washington Road about .5 mile; dred.state.nh.us/divisions/forestandlands; park on right and take trail into swamp; up-close view of 1 of state’s northernmost Atlantic white cedar swamps.
●Bradford Historical Society – Route 114 (corner of Route 103); 603-938-5386.
●PYO Raspberries – 45 Sunset Hill Road; 603-938-6474; berry-picking.

Danbury
Sights & Sites
●Danbury Bog – from Danbury center, take Route 104 south and take 1^st right, then travel .3 miles and dam site will be on left, with small parking area for 2-3 cars and wildlife management area sign adjacent to dam; wetlands support variety of native and migrating waterfowl, including mallards, black ducks, wood ducks, and ring-necked ducks; other common wildlife includes great blue heron, beaver, muskrat, otter, white-tailed deer, moose, coyotes, woodcock,and ruffed grouse.
●DanburyHistorical Society – 30 Deckman’s Road; 603-768-3603.

Henniker
Sights & Sites
●Henniker Historical Society – Academy Hall, 5A Maple Street; 603-428-6267; hennikerhistory.org.

Hooksett
●Robie's Country Store – 9 Riverside Street; 603-485-7761; robies.org; for breakfast and lunch.

New London
Sights & Sites
●New London Historical Society – Little Sunapee Road; 603-526-6564; newlondonhistoricalsociety.org.
●Philbrick-Cricenti Bog – south side of Newport Road (old Route 11) on New London outskirts (about 1.6 miles east of Exit 12 off I-89 and .4 miles west of County Road by hospital); 603-271-2214; nhdfl.org; mile-long network of trails runs through this “kettle hole bog”; peat mat below boardwalk.
●Springledge Nursery & Produce Stand – 37 Main Street; 603-526-6253; springledgefarm.com; strawberry-picking.

North Sutton
Sights & Sites
●Musterfield Field Farm Museum – Harvey Road; 603-927-4276; musterfieldfarm.com.

Sutton
Sights & Sites
●Sutton Historical Society – Blue House, Meeting House, Sutton School House, South Sutton Common, Old Stone Museum (South Sutton); 603-938-5448.
●Wadleigh State Park – Route 114; 603-927-4724; nhstateparks.org/state-parks; swimming on Kezar Lake; tall pine trees shade picnic sites located adjacent to beach; park open weekends only from mid-May to mid-June, and daily from mid-June to Labor Day.

Warner
Sights & Sites
●Blue Moon Berry Farm – Waldon Hill Road; 603-456-3822; berry-picking.
●Dalton/Joppa Road Bridge – Joppa Road (south of N.H. Route 103 on Joppa Road); covered bridge built in 1853.
●Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum – Kearsarge Mt. Road; 603-456-3244; indianmuseum.org.
●New Hamphire Telephone Museum – 22 East Main Street; 603-456-2234; nhtelephonemuseum.com.
●Rollins State Park – Route 103; 603-456-3808; nhstateparks.org/state-parks; on Mt. Kearsarge’s south slope; 3.5 mile scenic auto road rises from park entrance through woodlands to parking and picnic areas; picnic area, located in natural wooded glen beneath granite ledges, affords views that stretch from Mt. Monadnock to New Hampshire’s coastal plain; Crotched, Pack Monadnock, and Uncanoonuc Mountains’ summits, central Massachusetts hills; and Boston skyline visible on horizon, while Mink Hills and Merrimack River valley can be seen nearby; .5 mile trail to Mt.Kearsarge summit leaves from picnic area; open daily from mid-June to late October, and weekends only from late October to November 11.
●Warner Historical Society – 15 West Main Street; 603-456-2437; warnerhistorical.org.
●Waterloo Bridge – New Market Road (south of N.H. Route 103, 2 miles west of Warner Village); covered bridge built in 1840.

Wilmot Flat
Sights & Sites
●Gardner Memorial Wayside Park – Route 4A; 603-485-2034; nhstateparks.org/state-parks; part of Gile State Forest, which spans 6.675 acres; includes memorial to Walter C. Gardner II, whose father established Gile State Forest; scenic picnic area with picnic tables; popular place for hiking; unstaffed but open to public year-round at no charge; no winter maintenance.
●Wilmot Historical Society – Wilmot Town Offices (off Route 11); 603-526-6384.
●Winslow State Park – Route 11; 603-526-6168; nhstateparks.org/state-parks; located on Mt. Kearsarge’s northwest slope; picnic area on 1.820' plateau with outstanding White Mountains’ views to north and taller of southern and central Vermont peaks; Mt. Sunapee, Ragged Mountain, and Pleasant Lake dominate closer landscape; 1-mile foot-trail leads from picnic area to Mt. Kearsarge’s summit; 1.75 mile trail offers loop possibility; open weekends from mid-April to mid-June, and daily from mid-June to early November.



ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Derry
Sights & Sites
●Robert Frost Farm State Historic Site – Route 28; 603-432-3091; nhstateparks.com/frost.html; gardens, house tours, trail.

New Castle
Hotels
●Wentworth by Sea – 588 Wentworth Road; 603-422-7322 or 866-240-6313; wentworth.com; Victorian towers with red roofs on a bluff looming over Atlantic Ocean.

Portsmouth
Hotels
●Sise Inn – 40 Court Street; 603-433-1200 or 877-747-3466; siseinn.com; renovated 19^th Century CE building.
Restaurants
●Black Trumpet Bistro – 29 Ceres Street; 603-431-0887; blacktrumpetbistro.com; local and seasonal food.
●Cava Tapas & Wine Bar – 10 Commercial Alley; 603-319-1575; cavatapasandwinebar.com; Spanish.
●Green Monkey – 86 Pleasant Street; 603-427-1010; thegreenmonkey.net; new American menu and imaginative drinks list.
●Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Café – 150 Congress Street; 603-766-3474; jumpinjays.com; unprepossessing but excellent seafood popular with locals.

Rye
Restaurants
●Petey’s Summertime Seafood Restaurant – 1323 Ocean Boulevard; 603-433-1937; peteys.com; fresh lobster; only 5 miles south of Portsmouth on Route 1A, 8 miles north of Hampton Beach.



SULLIVAN COUNTY
Grantham
Sights & Sites
●King Blossom Farm – 834 Dunbar Hill Road; 603-863-6125; kingblossom.com; apple-picking.

Newport
Sights & Sites
●Bartlett’s Blueberry Farm – 648 Bradford Road; 603-863-2583; bartlettsblueberryfarm.com; berry-picking.
●Beaver Pond Farm-Raspberries – 50 McDonough Road; 603-542-7339; berry-picking.
●Newport Historical Society – 22 Main Street; 603-863-1294.
●Pier Bridge – east of Chandler Station and west of N.H. Route 103 on Concord and Claremont Railroad line spanning Sugar River; covered bridge was built in 1907.
●Wright’s Bridge – 2 miles south of N.H. Route 103 and .5 mile west of Chandler Station; covered bridge built in 1906.

Springfield
Sights & Sites
●Cutting Farm – 266 Sanborn Hill Road; 603-763-3239; cuttingfarm.com; apple-picking.