
Flume Gorge Quick Factsĭistance: 2.54 Miles (Includes some additional hiking – Flume Gorge itself is about 2 Miles RT)Įstimated Time to Complete: 1-2 Hours Totalĭifficulty: Walk In the Park What does this mean? This is a short hike with several other beautiful destinations along the way including the Liberty Gorge, a covered bridge and the Wolf Den a narrow one way trail that takes hikers through a small hole in the rocks. If you are visiting New Hampshire and are looking for ideas, most likely you have heard of Flume Gorge or had someone recommend it to you. Whether you are retired or a small child, this hike is accessible to almost everyone and one of the popular tourist destinations in New Hampshire. Get 20% off your system and your first month free when you sign up for Interactive Monitoring service by going to /amateur.Flume Gorge is an 800 foot natural gorge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This episode is also sponsored by SimpliSafe which has been making security systems to protect homes like yours for 15 years. Consulting with them is like spending an hour with a guidebook that can talk no matter what question you have or the type of trip you’re planning, they’ve got the answers.

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Subscribe: rss feed | Apple podcasts Sponsors Come for the fall color and the apple cider donuts but see if you don’t fall in love with New Hampshire. We hear about a small town that has a boat race in giant pumpkins. We hear about some of the highlights in the capital of Concord. While Maine is better known for lobster, Cathy tells us some of her favorite spots to get a lobster roll in Portsmouth and Rye, It only has 13 miles of coast wedged between Massachusetts and Maine, but it does have beaches and at least one historic fort you can visit. Then Cathy takes us to New Hampshire’s coast. While it is busier at that time, it is still Cathy’s favorite time to visit the state. The biggest tourist season in New Hampshire is the fall when the state is full of fall colors. You can take a moose spotting tour near Pittsburg (moose alley) or Highland Center.

You can hike it, drive it or take the cog railway to the top. New Hampshire’s best-known mountain is Mount Washington which offers some of the most severe weather in the country. Or you can go to the Lake country and kayak on one of the lakes and listen to the loons. She recommends some hikes like Flume Gorge, Cannon Mountain, the Flume and Liberty Loop, and the Mount Morgan and Mount Percival Loop. For us, in New Hampshire, we can drive an hour and be at the sea coast or we could drive an hour to two hours and be up in the mountains and there’s 48 4,000 foot mountains or higher in New Hampshire.”Ĭathy starts us in the outdoors in the northern part of the state. Frank’s favorite is definitely the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

So you have some great seafood and some beaches along there. We have some really nice cities like Portsmouth and Concord. Hear about travel to New Hampshire as the Amateur Traveler talks to Cathy Merrifield from about her home state.Ĭathy says, “New Hampshire has a little bit of everything.
