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114 ❯❯ New England Area by Area

New Hampshire

The aptly nicknamed Granite State is a thick wedge of rock
between two great rivers – the Connecticut on the west and
the Piscataqua on the east. Its initial settlements in the 1620s
were strictly coastal, but within a generation, explorers had
ventured deep into its woods for furs and timber.
Despite the rugged topography, many of the villages
in the White Mountains were well established by the
time of the American Revolution. Most residents live
along the southern edge of the state, often driving
down to Massachusetts for employment. Northern
New Hampshire remains almost untracked forest.
American scenic tourism began in the White Mountains
in the 1820s, and those peaks and the villages on their
flanks remain major vacation destinations. New
Hampshire also boasts a chain of alpine lakes and
a lively seacoast, where vacationers from as far
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in Keene away as Montreal flock to the shore.

AREA MAP OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
2 Lancaster Berlin
W h i t e M o u n t a i n s
Top 10 Sights 2
see pp115–17 93 Whitefield Bethel
Barnet
Restaurants Glen House
see p121 91 Franconia Bretton Woods
The Best of the Rest Woodsville M A I N E
see p118 302
Pubs and Nightlife North 302
see p120 Lincoln 112 Conway
Waterville
Winter Activities Woodstock Valley 16
see p119 Orford East
10 NE W HAMPSHIRE Madison
93 25
89 Plymouth Lakes Ossipee
Hanover Region
4 Meredith
Quechee Wolfeboro
Enfield 202
Woodstock Bristol Laconia
89 4
Alfred
Windsor Lake Northfield Gilford
Sunapee New Farmington Sanford
106
7 103 London Canterbury 11
Springfield Newport Warner Pittsfield Rochester
Newbury 4
G r e e n M o u n t a i n s
Charlestown Henniker Concord Dover
V E R M O N T 10 89 Suncook Durham
Marlow 9 Hillsborough Portsmouth
Walpole
Yankee 202 Rye
91 Country Goffstown Manchester 95
Keene 101 Beaches
Peterborough
9 Merrimack
0 km 20 Jaffrey Salem 1
Fitzwilliam Milford 495
0 miles 20 93
Nashua Lawrence
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