Seacoast Science Center
Gulf of Maine life is interpreted beside the tide pools that sustain it
New Hampshire, United States: places and wildlife — page 3
Browse the published Explore collection for New Hampshire, United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park
An artist’s home, studios, gardens, and sculpture form one designed landscape
Moffatt-Ladd House & Garden
A merchant house connects Revolution, trade, enslavement, and a terraced garden
John Paul Jones House
A Georgian house opens into Portsmouth history beyond its famous lodger
Warner House
The oldest urban brick house in northern New England preserves remarkable murals
Franklin Pierce Homestead
A president’s boyhood home frames ambition, party politics, and rural privilege
Robert Frost Farm Historic Site
Farm fields and stone walls restore the working landscape behind Frost’s poems
Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion
A rambling waterfront mansion preserves New Hampshire’s royal-government world
Fort Constitution Historic Site
Portsmouth Harbor fortifications occupy the site of a pivotal 1774 raid
Fort Stark State Historic Site
Coastal artillery, a small visitor center, gun emplacements, and an unmarked path show twentieth-century defense as landscape engineering.
Weeks State Park
A mountaintop estate links conservation politics with a panoramic fire tower
Historic Harrisville
A preserved mill village shows waterpower as an entire community system
Mount Washington Cog Railway
Rack railway engineering climbs directly into Mount Washington weather
Franconia Notch State Park
A mountain pass concentrates cliffs, lakes, trails, and transportation history
Crawford Notch State Park
Railroad, avalanche history, and high cliffs share a White Mountain gateway
Monadnock State Park
Several steep routes cross hardwood forest, open ledges, fire history, and a broad summit visible across New England.
Odiorne Point State Park
Tide pools, maritime forest, bicycle paths, Fort Dearborn remains, and the science center reveal layered coastal ecology and defense.
Pawtuckaway State Park
A ring dike landscape combines boulder fields, lake, marsh, and low mountains
Bear Brook State Park
New Hampshire’s largest developed state park spreads across forests and ponds
Hampton Beach State Park
Ocean swimming, dunes, concerts, fishing, and a busy boardwalk show recreation at New Hampshire’s most urban beach.
Lake Umbagog State Park
Island campsites, broad water, loon habitat, river inflows, and distant mountains create a quieter and more self-reliant park experience.
Pisgah State Park
A vast southern forest protects ponds, ridges, and former settlement traces
Cardigan Mountain State Park
The West Ridge Trail climbs through forest to open slabs and a summit with views across central New Hampshire.
Miller State Park
An auto road and hiking trails reach a fire tower with views toward Mount Monadnock, Boston, and the Wapack range.
White Lake State Park
A sandy beach, forested shore, camping, paddling, and a lake loop make this a classic but finite summer landscape.
Rhododendron State Park
A rare northern stand of giant rhododendron blooms beneath hardwood forest
Flume Gorge
Waterfalls, glacial boulders, covered bridges, and close granite walls turn a short loop into a sequence of White Mountain geology.
Lost River Gorge & Boulder Caves
Boardwalks, waterfalls, giant boulders, and optional squeezes through named caves reveal a landscape built by frost and collapse.
Polar Caves Park
Stairs, ladders, narrow passages, animal exhibits, and forest walks trace how continental ice rearranged the hillside.
Diana’s Baths
A short forest approach reaches a broad sequence of falls whose gentle appearance changes dramatically with water level.
Sculptured Rocks Natural Area
Potholes, flutes, and polished walls record persistent water and sediment working below a roadside bridge.
The Basin
A short accessible approach reveals a deep circular basin, cascades, and continuation trails along the river.
Arethusa Falls
A forest hike reaches one of New Hampshire’s tallest waterfalls, with optional brook cascades adding terrain and time.
Cathedral Ledge
A sheer granite cliff overlooks the Saco valley and Mount Washington range
Mount Washington via Tuckerman Ravine
A historic ravine route climbs into the Northeast’s most severe mountain weather
Franconia Ridge Loop
Falling Waters Trail, alpine ridge, Greenleaf Hut, and Old Bridle Path form one of New England’s most celebrated and demanding loops.
Mount Monadnock White Dot–White Cross Loop
Direct rocky trails climb from headquarters to Monadnock’s open summit
Mount Willard Trail
Forest tread and old carriage-road traces lead to open ledges above railroad, road, river, and opposing cliffs.
Mount Major Trail
Rocky ledges open over Lake Winnipesaukee from a heavily used small mountain
Welch–Dickey Loop Trail
Steep ledges, scrub oak, broad views, and sustained exposure make the loop feel larger than its mileage.
Mount Chocorua via Champney Falls Trail
A waterfall approach leads to one of New Hampshire’s sharpest summit profiles
Northern Rail Trail
Cinder and gravel follow 58 miles of lakes, farms, cuts, villages, and former stations between Lebanon and Boscawen.
Boulder Loop Trail
Stone steps, glacial blocks, forest, and overlooks above the Swift River make a satisfying half-day circuit.
Mount Kearsarge via Winslow Trail
The Winslow and Barlow trails form a compact loop through forest and ledges to a fire tower and broad regional views.
Bedrock Gardens
Woodland paths, spiral beds, specimen plants, hardscape, and found-object art reward curiosity rather than a single grand axis.
Fuller Gardens
Thousands of roses, clipped borders, dahlias, conservatory plants, and a Japanese garden create concentrated seasonal color near the coast.
Prescott Park Gardens
Formal plantings, fountains, docks, and summer performance spaces turn reclaimed industrial land into a civic garden.
Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
Black bear, mountain lion, river otter, raptors, bobcat, and woodland exhibits emphasize native habitats and conservation.