Loop 1 · 4 h window · 145 mi
4 h loop · 2 stops · back by 3:59 PM. Incorporates Kancamagus Scenic Byway.
- Boise Rock · 10 min
- Cillryville Bridge · 10 min
Touches Kancamagus Scenic Byway, White Mountain Trail, Lakes Region Tour
Destinations · New Hampshire
Center Harbor
NH · 43.7081, -71.4636
Lakes Region Tour, River Heritage Tour and Kancamagus Scenic Byway are 3 of 8 signed byways within 30 miles of Center Harbor, New Hampshire.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
8 scenic drives near Center Harbor
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Center Harbor. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Kancamagus Scenic Byway
National Scenic Byway · 20 mi out
Runs through White Mountain National Forest.
- 02
- 03
Lakes Region Tour
State scenic byway · 1 mi out
- 04
- 05
Branch River Valley Trail
State scenic byway · 24 mi out
- 06
Canterbury Shaker Village Byway
State scenic byway · 24 mi out
- 07
Currier & Ives Trail
State scenic byway · 24 mi out
- 08
Day-trip loops
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 219 mi
7 h 44 loop · 4 stops · back by 7:43 PM. Incorporates Kancamagus Scenic Byway.
- Eartha · 30 min
- Big Indian · 10 min
- Seashore Trolley Museum · 60 min
- The Old Country Store · 10 min
Touches Kancamagus Scenic Byway, Branch River Valley Trail, Lakes Region Tour
How long is a scenic day-trip loop from Center Harbor?
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Center Harbor: 4 h, 145 miles, 2 stops; and 8 h, 219 miles, 4 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
What is there to stop at on a day trip from Center Harbor?
The 8 h loop stops at Eartha, Big Indian, Seashore Trolley Museum and The Old Country Store. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lakes Region Tour · 1 mi
- River Heritage Tour · 12 mi
- Kancamagus Scenic Byway · 20 mi · national
- White Mountain Trail · 21 mi · national
- Branch River Valley Trail · 24 mi
- Canterbury Shaker Village Byway · 24 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Campton Campground · 14 mi
- Campton Day Use Area · 14 mi
- Flat Mountain Pond Shelter · 14 mi
- Waterville Campground · 16 mi
- Osceola Vista Campground/Group Campground · 18 mi
- Jim Liberty Cabin · 19 mi
- Camp Penacook Shelter · 20 mi
- Radeke Cabin · 20 mi
Lookouts
- Sugar Hill Overlook · 21 mi
- Lily Pond Vista · 21 mi
- CL Graham Wangan Overlook · 22 mi
- Beaver Brook Overlook · 22 mi
Named places
- Center Harbor Town Beach & Playground · 0 mi
- Center Harbor Town Beach · 0 mi
- Sunset Hill · 1 mi
- Center Harbor Woods · 1 mi
- Proctor Wildlife Sanctuary · 2 mi
- Evergreen Preserve · 2 mi
- Leavitt Park & Beach · 2 mi
- Gilman Hill · 2 mi
A day out of Center Harbor, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
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