University of Notre Dame Travel Information (South Bend, IN)

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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Swamscott River Walk (Distance: 0.1 mi) A pleasant town promenade along the Swamscott River that flows to Great Bay. This walk has sweeping views of the river, and the sidewalk extends along the riverbank with lawn and mature ornamental pla...

Exeter, NH - Walking - length:1.3 mi

Exeter River (Distance: 0.4 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

Town and Country Cruise (Distance: 0.6 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

Oaklands Tunnel Trail (Distance: 1.9 mi) A popular multi-use trail in a mixed woodland near a large tunnel under NH 101. Many field daisies and black-eyed Susans spark up the grasses during June and July. The familiar black-eyed Susan, a mem...

Exeter, NH - Hiking - length:2 mi

Newfields Trail (Distance: 4.0 mi) This ride's general location is between Newfields and Manchester. Scenery includes towns and countryside in the seacoast region. Be sure to whistle at the crossings. This is by far the longest cont...

Newfields, NH - Mountain Biking - length:25 mi

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Exeter Exeter Country Club Public, 9 holes 2721 yards, par 35 1.0 miles from center of University of Notre Dame

Apple Hill Apple Hill Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6281 yards, par 69 4.4 miles from center of University of Notre Dame

Par-3 Apple Hill Golf Club Public, 9 holes 800 yards, par 27 4.4 miles from center of University of Notre Dame

New England The Golf Club of New England Private Non-Equity, 18 holes 7202 yards, par 72 4.7 miles from center of University of Notre Dame

Rockingham Rockingham Country Club Public, 9 holes 2875 yards, par 35 5.6 miles from center of University of Notre Dame

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