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Attractions near Contoocook

32 mi from Contoocook, Lake Winnipesaukee leads the list

Visitors to Contoocook can choose from 11 museums, 7 ski areas and 2 theme parks. Our list finds nothing inside Contoocook, but 29 places within 40 miles. A typical year brings about 50K visitors to McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. Walden Pond, 58 mi away, is the best-known day out.

Attractions nearby
82
within 60 miles
The big one
32 mi
Lake Winnipesaukee
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Ski areas
14
Pats Peak
Lake · 32 mi northeast

Lake Winnipesaukee

Lake in New Hampshire, United States of America.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

New Hampshire Farm Museum marks the outer edge, 40 mi away.

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

Everything nearby

Best known first

Everything here is within 60 miles, 82 places in all.

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

Parks and trails in Contoocook → · Contoocook’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 · Walden Pond: Victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Monadnock: Jonwmcinenrey, CC BY-SA 4.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canobie Lake Park: Alex1961, CC BY-SA 2.0 · American Heritage Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cape Neddick Light: Stefan Hillebrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lexington Battle Green: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Orchard House: User:victorgrigas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Waterville Valley Resort: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Minute Man National Historical Park: Daderot at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Fort William and Mary: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Lowell National Historical Park: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger), Public domain · Fruitlands Museum: Daderot, Public domain · Addison Gallery of American Art: Daderot, 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 · Wachusett Mountain Ski Area: Whit Andrews, CC BY 2.0 · DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park: Jeff Egnaczyk from Brookline, MA, 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 · 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 · Magic Mountain Ski Area: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Landsc, Public domain · Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Daderot, Public domain · Concord Museum: openroads.com, CC BY 2.0 · 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 · 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 · Parker Tavern: Swampyank at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Brattleboro Museum and Art Center: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fitchburg Art Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Glen Magna Farms: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Icon Museum and Study Center: Victor Grigas, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · Jones Tavern: John Phelan, CC BY 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

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