Halfway between the Equator and the North Pole, New Hampshire Grand is a region of contrasts, for here there is a ruggedly beautiful mountain landscape that has been a destination for adventurous travelers for generations, who expected only the finest when it came to rest their heads for a night.
Coos County was settled by hard working families who tilled the land and visionaries who created industry, notably paper making. Together, they forged communities that today have deep roots and that are open to change, but retain the values and the foundations on which they were built. For sample itineraries, please click here.
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In 2011, New Hampshire will mark the 100th anniversary of the Weeks Act, named for Lancaster native John Wingate Weeks. Weeks was a banker in Massachusetts and went on to have an active political career, serving in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
As a senator, his Weeks Act created the foundation for what has become the national forest system.
His mountaintop retreat on Mount Prospect in Lancaster is an historic site, offering a glimpse into his life, the powerful people who came to stay at his summer home and one of the most beautiful panoramic views of northern New Hampshire to be found.
New Hampshire's northernmost city may have moved on from its deep roots in making paper, but Berlin holds dear its history. Located alongside the Androscoggin River, the Northern Forest Heritage Park has recreated a working lumber camp like the ones that dotted the woods north of the city.
The park, which has an outdoor amphitheater, is the site of several festivals in the summer and boat rides upriver are also offered in the summer months.
Located at the Canadian border and the headwaters of the mighty Connecticut River, Pittsburg is New Hampshire's largest township.
It wild lands and waterways have long been a draw for sportsmen year-round, but it's in the winter when it becomes a mecca for snowmobilers, who can ride along more than 200 miles of trails and on into Canada.
For history buffs, it's an interesting destination, for it is here, back in the 1830s, that it became its own nation, the Indian Stream Republic.
Story possibilities abound here, especially for outdoor writers.
