800,000 Acres in New Hampshire and western Maine
With 6 million visitors Annually: Backpack, camp
picnic, and drive through beautiful scenic by-ways
The Kancamagus , Mountain Streams & 41 -4,000+ foot peaks
Winter - Spring - Summer - &-Fall
The area offer 1,200 miles of hiking trails - 400 miles of snowmobile trails
160 miles of the Appalachian trail, Major ski areas serving nearly a million skiers /year.
Mount Washington is the highest peak north of the Smokey Mountains and
east of the Mississippi, and Tuckerman Ravine can be skied until July.
Protecting and ensuring the quality of water resources is a forest priority
* 12,000 acres of wetlands * 4,750 miles of streams * 67 lakes
The Flume is part of the State park system in
New Hampshire as is the Cannon Mountain Ski Area, and Profile Lake
in the Franconia state park.
The White Mountain National Forest a beautiful place to visit
in all the seasons of the year (established in 1918) more info
www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/white_mountain.com
My Blog www.steveswhitemountainblog.com
Your-White Mountain New Hampshire real Estate Expert
steve@alpinelakes.com toll free 800-926-5653 /cell 603-381-7898
MLS search and Realtor web site: www.alpinelakes.com
My outside Blog: www.steveswhitemountainblog.com
Lincoln NH & Local interest site: www.localism.com/nh/lincoln
Steve. Thanks for posting this blog. There is a lot of good information here. It should bring people to your state.. no questions asked.
Val
Val I keep telling you to come up, the leaves are changing right now and it's one of the prettiest times of the year. Steve
New Hampshire is not big enough to have that big a park area I would never have guessed it.
Terry, About one-third of the state is either state or national forest lands, and being two hours from Boston means many can be here in a short drive. TheMountains are Huge compared to Michigan, Where I have visited many times (My wife is from Hesperia MI).. Steve