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Attractions near Alton

A lake to see in Alton: Lake Winnipesaukee

Alton and its surroundings hold 17 museums, 5 ski areas and a lake. The town itself has one place on our list; 29 others are within 40 miles. Visits to McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center run to about 50K a year. For a full day, there is Mount Washington, 54 mi away.

Attractions nearby
85
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Lake Winnipesaukee
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
17
Gunstock Recreation Area
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · in town

Lake Winnipesaukee

Lake in New Hampshire, United States of America.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where they are

The outermost point is Aviation Museum of New Hampshire, at 40 mi.

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

Everything nearby

All of them, one by one

In town there is one, and the list adds 84 more within 60 miles.

The places inside Alton lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Alton → · Alton’s history →

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

Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Mount Washington: wwoods, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · 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 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lowell National Historical Park: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger), Public domain · Addison Gallery of American Art: Daderot, Public domain · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palace Playland: Andrew Malone, CC BY 2.0 · Hood Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Lowell Memorial Auditorium: Emw, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ragged Mountain Resort: Tom Morgan, Public domain · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Precision Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mack's Apples: Brian Kanowsky, CC BY 2.0 · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Starhop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enfield Shaker Museum: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Andres Institute of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Montshire Museum of Science: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology: Mgandsi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Stevens-Coolidge Place: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bartlett Museum, Inc.: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New England Quilt Museum: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cornish Colony Museum: insiriusdenial, CC0 · 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 · The Main Street Museum: Main Street Museum, CC BY 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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