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Attractions near Ashland

A day out from Ashland: Lake Winnipesaukee, 18 mi away

Ashland’s list takes in 14 ski areas, 8 museums and 2 theme parks. There is no place to visit inside Ashland; there are 34 within 40 miles. A typical year brings about 50K visitors to McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. Further out, Mount Washington is 41 mi away.

Attractions nearby
56
within 60 miles
The big one
41 mi
Mount Washington
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
20
Cannon Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 41 mi northeast

Mount Washington

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Places on the map

Pats Peak marks the outer edge, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

All 34 on the list

These 56 are within 60 miles, none in town.

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

Parks and trails in Ashland → · Ashland’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 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 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 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), 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 · 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 · 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 · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saskadena Six: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort at Number 4: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hood Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · Ragged Mountain Resort: Tom Morgan, Public domain · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Precision Museum: Stilfehler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Starhop, 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 · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Montshire Museum of Science: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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