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Attractions near Alexandria

Worth the trip from Alexandria: Lake Winnipesaukee, 27 mi off

Alexandria and its surroundings hold 11 ski areas, 10 museums and 2 national historical parks. There is no place to visit inside Alexandria; there are 30 within 40 miles. Roughly 78K visitors a year make it to Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park. Further afield, Mount Washington is 53 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
63
within 60 miles
The big one
53 mi
Mount Washington
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
23
Killington Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 53 mi northeast

Mount Washington

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

Furthest out is Cannon Mountain, at 39 mi.

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

Everything nearby

Place by place

Each of the 63 is within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Alexandria → · Alexandria’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 · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White Mountain National Forest: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Waterville Valley Resort: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Loon Mountain Resort: Own work, Public domain · SNHU Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Santa's Village: Alex McLeod, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pico Mountain Resort: petersent, Public domain · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Saskadena Six: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort at Number 4: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wilson Castle: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ragged Mountain Resort: Tom Morgan, Public domain · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hood Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Mack's Apples: Brian Kanowsky, CC BY 2.0 · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Starhop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Magic Mountain Ski Area: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Precision Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vermont Marble Museum: GK tramrunner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Landsc, Public domain · Enfield Shaker Museum: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Johnsbury Athenaeum: Gopats92 Jonathan Leo Connor, CC BY 3.0 · Montshire Museum of Science: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cornish Colony Museum: insiriusdenial, CC0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rochester Museum of Fine Arts: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sullivan Museum and History Center: SMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Main Street Museum: Main Street Museum, CC BY 3.0 · Winnipesaukee Playhouse: Alexa15224, CC BY-SA 3.0

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