Destinations · New Hampshire
NH · 43.0717, -70.7625
Coastal Byway, Independence Byway and Essex Coastal Scenic Byway are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Understand
Settled in 1623, as Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth is a historic seaport that boasts an intriguing mix of the old and the new. As one of the oldest cities in the US, it was founded just three years after the settlement at Plymouth MA, and the city has a walkable scale that is more often seen in European villages than in US cities.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Portsmouth. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
State scenic byway · starts in town
State scenic byway · 9 mi out
State scenic byway · 19 mi out
State scenic byway · 26 mi out
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 1 · 4 h window · 38 mi
3 h 58 loop · 6 stops · back by 3:58 PM. Incorporates Coastal Byway.
Touches Coastal Byway, Independence Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 150 mi
7 h 49 loop · 10 stops · back by 7:48 PM. Rides the Battle Road Scenic Byway (+18 min).
Touches Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway, Independence Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Portsmouth: 4 h, 38 miles, 6 stops; and 8 h, 150 miles, 10 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Mount Hood, Commissioners Landing, The Lotta Fountain, Untitled, Ghost bike - Anita Kurmann, Alignment, Fiske Hill, Bear Hill, Cowdry Hill and Ornes Hill. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.