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Attractions near Lake Arrowhead

From Lake Arrowhead, 29 mi to Lake Winnipesaukee

Visitors to Lake Arrowhead can choose from 12 museums, 4 ski areas and 3 lighthouses. None of our places to visit is inside Lake Arrowhead; 29 are within 40 miles. Beyond the town, the best known is Mount Washington, 51 mi off.

Attractions nearby
71
within 60 miles
The big one
51 mi
Mount Washington
Ski areas
14
Cannon Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 51 mi northwest

Mount Washington

Highest mountain in the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Map of the places

The list reaches out to Boon Island Light, 40 mi away.

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Orange: Lake Arrowhead. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Place after place

Look within 60 miles for all 71.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Lake Arrowhead → · Lake Arrowhead’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mount Washington: wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White Mountain National Forest: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franconia Notch State Park: Stephen Sokolowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Flume Gorge: MyCatIsAChonk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Willey House, New Hampshire: alans1948, CC BY 2.0 · Waterville Valley Resort: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Loon Mountain Resort: Own work, Public domain · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: CMBG editor, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palace Playland: Andrew Malone, CC BY 2.0 · Ragged Mountain Resort: Tom Morgan, Public domain · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Starhop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Maritime Museum: Maine Maritime Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moffatt-Ladd House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Independence Museum: DebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: Amandabachand, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bartlett Museum, Inc.: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wiscasset Jail and Museum: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fuller Gardens: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Rochester Museum of Fine Arts: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winnipesaukee Playhouse: Alexa15224, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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