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Attractions near Franklin

Lake Winnipesaukee, 20 mi from Franklin

Franklin has 77 notable places within 60 miles, among them 3 national park units and 21 ski areas. Visits to McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center run to about 50K a year. Allow a day for Mount Washington, 59 mi off.

Attractions nearby
77
within 60 miles
The big one
59 mi
Mount Washington
National park units
3
parks & monuments
Ski areas
21
Killington Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 59 mi north

Mount Washington

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

How they lie

The farthest of them, Aviation Museum of New Hampshire, is 38 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Best known first

77 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.

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

Parks and trails in Franklin → · Franklin’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 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 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 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Lowell National Historical Park: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger), 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · 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 · 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 · 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

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