Travel
to New Hampshire
Located in the New England region, New Hampshire is bounded by
Quebec, Canada to the north and northwest; Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the
east; Massachusetts to the south; and Vermont to the west. The White Mountains
range in New Hampshire spans the north-central portion of the state, with Mount
Washington being the tallest in the northeastern U.S., and other mountains like
Mount Madison and Mount Quincy Adams surrounding it.
With some of the
largest ski mountains on the East Coast, New Hampshire's major recreational
attractions include skiing, snowmobiling and other winter sports, hiking and
mountaineering, observing the fall foliage, summer cottages along many lakes
and the seacoast, motor sports at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and
Motorcycle Week, a popular motorcycle rally held in Weirs Beach near Laconia in
June. The White Mountain National Forest links the Vermont and Maine portions
of the Appalachian Trail, and boasts the Mount Washington Auto Road, where
visitors may drive to the top of 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount
Washington.
Hampton Beach is a popular local summer destination. About
10 miles offshore are the Isles of Shoals, nine small islands (4 belonging to
the state) best known as the site of a 19th-century art colony founded by poet
Celia Thaxter, as well as the alleged location of one of the buried treasures
of the pirate Blackbeard. |