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Attractions near Mountain Lakes

The nearest draw to Mountain Lakes: Mount Washington, 34 mi away

Mountain Lakes and its surroundings hold 11 ski areas, 8 museums and 2 theme parks. No place to visit is mapped inside Mountain Lakes; 29 are within 40 miles. Around 3K people visit The Main Street Museum each year. A longer outing takes you to Lake Winnipesaukee, 48 mi off.

Attractions nearby
57
within 60 miles
The big one
34 mi
Mount Washington
National park units
2
parks & monuments
Ski areas
26
Cannon Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 34 mi east

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

Out at 39 mi is Black Mountain, the farthest.

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

Everything nearby

All the places to visit

The list runs to 57 places, all within 60 miles.

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

Parks and trails in Mountain Lakes → · Mountain Lakes’ 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 Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Willoughby: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Conway Scenic Railroad: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cannon Mountain: Mikespenard at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · White Mountain National Forest: Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Story Land: AnotherMaker, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Waterville Valley Resort: MConradWard, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Franconia Notch State Park: Stephen Sokolowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green Mountain National Forest: Brian W. Schaller, FAL · Flume Gorge: MyCatIsAChonk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Willey House, New Hampshire: alans1948, CC BY 2.0 · Loon Mountain Resort: Own work, Public domain · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Bolton Valley Resort: Gopats92, Public domain · Pico Mountain Resort: petersent, Public domain · Burke Mountain Resort: Patrick McCaffrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Saskadena Six: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ragged Mountain Resort: Tom Morgan, Public domain · Pleasant Mountain: Denmarkmaine, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hood Museum of Art: Daderot, CC0 · 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 · Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. Johnsbury Athenaeum: Gopats92 Jonathan Leo Connor, CC BY 3.0 · Montshire Museum of Science: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: Jegelewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cornish Colony Museum: insiriusdenial, CC0 · 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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