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Attractions near Wakefield

The nearest draw to Wakefield: Lake Winnipesaukee, 16 mi away

Wakefield has 77 notable places within 60 miles, among them 18 ski areas. Around 50K people visit McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center each year. A drive of 49 mi brings you to Mount Washington.

Attractions nearby
77
within 60 miles
The big one
49 mi
Mount Washington
Ski areas
18
Cannon Mountain
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 49 mi north

Mount Washington

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

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to go

White Mountain National Forest, 40 mi away, is the farthest on the map.

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

Everything nearby

The list in full

All 77 on the list lie 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 Wakefield → · Wakefield’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 · Portland Head Light: Aniarku, CC BY-SA 3.0 · America's Stonehenge: User:Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gorges: Dirk Ingo Franke, CC BY 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 · 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 · Boon Island Light: Originally uploaded by Dk69, 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 · Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Gwernol assumed (based on copyright claims), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portland Museum of Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Cranmore Mountain Resort: Davidafranklin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wildcat Mountain: Ken Gallager at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Canterbury Shaker Village: SayCheeeeeese, Public domain · Funtown Splashtown USA: Paulec252, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Currier Museum of Art: Struthious Bandersnatch, 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 · Mack's Apples: Brian Kanowsky, CC BY 2.0 · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center: Starhop, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bowdoin College Museum of Art: Charles Follen McKim. Uploaded 28 September 2005 to en:Wikipedia by Hugh Manate, Public domain · Enfield Shaker Museum: Neil.m.young, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum: Reroche at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Moffatt-Ladd House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Monument Square: Needsmoreritalin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sarah Orne Jewett House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Independence Museum: DebraHardy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maine Mineral and Gem Museum: Amandabachand, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ogunquit Museum of American Art: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Richard Jackson House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum: Tndou, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portsmouth Athenæum: Unknown photographer, Public domain · Western Promenade: Namiba, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bates College Museum of Art: Xin Deui, CC BY-SA 4.0 · MacPheadris-Warner House: Unknown photographer, Public domain · 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 · Children's Museum of Maine: Kitetails, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fuller Gardens: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · New Hampshire Farm Museum: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Payson Park: Daderot, Public domain · Rochester Museum of Fine Arts: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Winnipesaukee Playhouse: Alexa15224, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of African Culture: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0

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