Destinations · New Hampshire
Portsmouth
NH · 43.0717, -70.7625
From Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Byway's registries place 4 scenic byways and 1 public land unit within 30 miles.
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.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Coastal Byway · inside
- Independence Byway · 9 mi
- Essex Coastal Scenic Byway · 19 mi
- Branch River Valley Trail · 26 mi
Public land
- White Mountain National Forest · 24 mi
Lookouts
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 21 mi
Named places
- Rundlet-May House Museum · 0 mi
- John Paul Jones House · 0 mi
- Discover Portsmouth · 0 mi
- African Burying Ground · 0 mi
- Vigilance · 0 mi
- Lafayette Trail · 0 mi
- Moffatt-Ladd House Museum · 1 mi
- Horse Chestnut · 1 mi
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