If you're visiting and have your pooch with you or just want a family day in a super neat park, Sunday June 8 is the annual Paws Walk held by the New Hampshire SPCA in Stratham (inland Seacoast). Activities other than the actual dog walk itself include food vendors, face painting, a zorb and other … [Read more...]
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Prescott Park Summer Performances (Portsmouth)
The summer performances at Prescott Park include concerts, theater and art shows by juried artists and craftspeople, and more. Check our Calendar section for more specific events being held as we get them in. Bring a blanket or chairs, and if staying in a hotel, they have them for rent at the park … [Read more...]
Prescott Park (Portsmouth)
This is a really lovely 10-acre park in downtown Portsmouth with beautiful flower gardens, walkways, grass areas, and it's right on the Piscataqua River with docking. It's a worthy time out where you can walk the paths, smell the flowers and sit with a good book. Prescott Park is also home to … [Read more...]
Stratham Hill Park (inland Seacoast)
A big place with lots of trails, some stroller friendly (small wheels about 1/4 mile; jogging strollers way more). Trails are wooded and field terrain, both paths and paved, one with exercise stations spaced along it. Trail maps at entrance. Quite dog friendly, they can be off leash in wooded … [Read more...]
South Playground (Portsmouth)
Also a popular dog park. This is a conveniently located place to let kids burn off some steam, right in town. Play area includes swings, infant swings, climbing equipment, slides and seesaws. Benches, shade, picnic area and salt water pond. Also has tennis courts, basketball courts and two … [Read more...]
Canobie Lake Park (Salem)
Considered in the top ten pretty amusement parks in the US, it has lots of rides and games; several restaurants and concession stands, some scheduled performances, benches and restrooms throughout the park, and people of all ages can find things to do. Located on the shore of Canobie Lake in … [Read more...]
Lake Massabesic (Manchester)
A leaf peeper's delight during Fall Foliage but for other times, this is a great place to stroll, bike ride, jog, swim and bring a picnic spread. Wildlife you may see include deer, raccoon, fox and for birders, loons, hawks and many other species who are attracted by the watershed. Game fish … [Read more...]
Windham Rail Trail (Windham)
This is a GREAT place for a 4.1-mile scenic walk that's friendly to strollers, bicycles, wheelchairs, skateboards, dogs on leashes... even horses, just nothing motorized (yay!) Beautifully newly-paved and flat, it's part of the original Boston-Maine Railroad. It takes you through woods, granite … [Read more...]