Hampton, New Hampshire Travel Information

Bird-Watching at Plum Island When the sun crosses the equator for the vernal equinox, it’s time to take a long trip and start courting. Birds have that instinct hard-wired into their genes; humans have to make a conscious effort.... Newburyport, MA

Durham, New Hampshire, and the Great Bay Region Past Portsmouth harbor, the Piscataqua River opens into Little Bay, which is fed by the Oyster River and Great Bay. At 5 miles long, Great Bay is the largest inland body of salt water in New England, ... Durham, NH

Exeter, Hampton, and the New Hampshire South Coast The shoreline in Rye is less developed than elsewhere, with long stretches of open salt marsh (some of it a wildlife preserve) and rocky coast broken by beaches. Atlantic Fishing Fleet offers deep-sea... Hampton, NH

Hampton Beach and Portsmouth, NH New Hampshire’s shape is close to triangular, with a bulge near the base taking up little space along the New England coast. This itinerary is short because the shoreline area is an interlude of only ... Portsmouth, NH

Merrimac Valley and the Seacoast New Hampshire began here, around the Great Bay, and Portsmouth once rivaled all the great colonial ports, with its large and easily protected harbor. The first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War ... Portsmouth, NH

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Fuller Gardens Trail (Distance: 2.8 mi) Expertly cultivated flower gardens with antique roses, a Japanese garden koi pond, and a greenhouse conservatory of exotic tropical plants. Fuller Garden was originally a cut flower garden for Viola a...

North Hampton, NH - Walking - length:0.5 mi

Rye Beach Seawall Walk (Distance: 3.8 mi) A sidewalk stroll along ocean coves in sight of the Isles of Shoals. Along the seacoast of Rye Beach are wonderful sights, sounds, and, of course, invigorating salt air smells. A few spots to visit on...

Rye, NH - Walking - length:1 mi

Ragged Neck Trail (Distance: 5.6 mi) A park, granite seawall, and working harbor with outstanding ocean views. Special Features: Exceptional seacoast views, marina jetty, Isles of Shoals on horizon, and harbor seal and cormorant watching...

Rye, NH - Walking - length:0.5 mi

Town and Country Cruise (Distance: 6.4 mi) This ride offers a pastoral landscape of fields, farmhouses, light woods, orchards, an ocean bay, and a half dozen small towns, two with major educational institutions. Terrain: rolling, with no stee...

Exeter, NH - Road Biking - length:42.3 mi

Exeter River (Distance: 6.5 mi) Huge trees drape out over the water of this meandering, slow-moving stream. Neither we nor the several other canoes and kayaks that shared this water with us on a June Saturday could detect any curren...

Exeter, NH - Flatwater Paddling & Canoeing - length:6 mi

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