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Small islands dotting the water in New Hampshire’s Lakes Region
Lake Sunapee
Lakes Region
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MAP L5 • Sunapee Cruises:
Vast lakes and small ponds
form a stunning watery belt across 1 Lake Ave, Sunapee; 603 938 6465;
New Hampshire’s midriff. Seek open late May–mid-Oct; adm; www.
solitude among the loons on a mvkearsarge.com
remote cove, or party all night on This alpine lake – whose name,
Weirs Beach (see pp30–31). meaning “wild goose waters,” is
of American-Indian origin – was a
Concord
6 Victorian resort where vacationers
MAP M5 • New Hampshire
stepped off the train onto steam-
Historical Society: 30 Park St; 603 boats to be delivered to their grand
228 6688; open 9:30am–5pm Tue– lake front hotels. The hotels are
Sat, noon–5pm Sun; adm; www. gone, but private cottages ring the
nhhistory.org lake, and the harbors of Sunapee
The state capital Concord is a and Newbury are busy spots in the
serene little town steeped in history. summer, with free outdoor concerts
Its handsome 1819 State House is and bustling restau rants. Take a
one of the country’s oldest. The scenic cruise on the lake, or have
celebrated Concord stagecoaches a dinner cruise on a steamboat.
that helped to open up the American
Beaches
West were manufactured here; Mark 8
Twain memorably described one as MAP N6
being “like a cradle on wheels.” The New Hampshire’s brief stretch of
city’s most famous modern resident coastline is more rock than sand, with
was schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe rugged promontories and rock jetties
(1948–86), who died aboard the protecting its fishing harbors. The
Challenger space shuttle. Her coast is also punctuated by swaths
dedication to science education is of coarse brown sand. Jenness State
honored at the McAuliffe-Shepard Beach and Wallis Sands State Beach
Discovery Center (see p62). in Rye, and North Beach in Hampton,
have the best-maintained facilities and
gentlest swimming. Hampton Beach
(see p52) is by far the most popular.
State House,
Manchester
Concord 9
MAP M6
The largest city in northern New
England, Manchester rose and fell
with the Amoskeag Mill. From hum-
ble beginnings in 1809 on the east
bank of the Merrimack River, the

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