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Attractions near Canterbury

Canterbury’s draw is Canterbury Shaker Village

Around Canterbury, the places to visit include 10 museums, 7 ski areas and a lake. One place to visit is mapped inside Canterbury, with 24 more within 40 miles. McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center draws about 50K visitors a year. For a longer trip, Mount Monadnock lies 45 mi away.

Attractions nearby
81
within 60 miles
The big one
20 mi
Lake Winnipesaukee
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
16
Cannon Mountain
Lake · 20 mi northeast

Lake Winnipesaukee

Lake in New Hampshire, United States of America.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where each one is

Willowbrook Museum Village, 40 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

The town has one; within 60 miles, the list finds 80 more.

The places inside Canterbury 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 Canterbury → · Canterbury’s history →

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

Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Lake Winnipesaukee: No machine-readable author provided. JohnJHenderson~commonswiki assumed (based o, Public domain · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White Mountain National Forest: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, 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 · Strawbery Banke: Ken Gallager (Ken Gallager from en.wikipedia), Public domain · Mount Sunapee: User:Josephbrophy, Public domain · Seashore Trolley Museum: Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0 · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, Public domain · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fruitlands Museum: Daderot, 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 · 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 · Lowell Memorial Auditorium: Emw, 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 · 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 · American Precision Museum: Stilfehler, 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 · Moffatt-Ladd House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, 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 · American Independence Museum: DebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Andres Institute of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0 · Fitchburg Art Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Montshire Museum of Science: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology: Mgandsi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Aviation Museum of New Hampshire: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · New England Quilt Museum: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Stevens-Coolidge Place: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Willowbrook Museum Village: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bartlett Museum, Inc.: Daderot at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cornish Colony Museum: insiriusdenial, CC0 · Doyle Community Park & Center: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fuller Gardens: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Beaver Brook Association: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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