New Hampshire

Although there is only one “true” national park in New England, there are also lots of other National Park Service sites in the Northeast. The Park Service itself regularly refers …

Although it’s the national parks that get all the spotlight, it’s often the state parks where families, friends and couples go for weekend outings. Whether it’s for a Saturday hike, a Sunday picnic or an overnight camping trip, the state parks in America might just be more closely interwoven with people’s everyday life than their national cousins.

I won’t say that the United States is the world’s best country for road trips—that award goes to Australia, in my opinion—but it’s a darn close second. From the Appalachian …

Our last hike was in late June. We hiked to the summit of Camel’s Hump before spending a weekend in Stowe, after which we haven’t done much in terms of …

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After our hike to the summits of Mount Webster and Mount Jackson, we spent the night in a motel in North Conway. The next day, we’d planned to bag two …

Last weekend, Caroline and I planned to do the challenging Presidential Traverse in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. However, upon seeing the higher summits of the Presidential Range covered …

On Saturday, which up until then was the warmest day of the year, Caroline and I took advantage of the spectacular weather to bag another mountain, our fourth one of …

Last Saturday, Caroline and I decided to strap on our snowshoes again for an afternoon of outdoor fun in the mountains and woods of New Hampshire. We headed to Glencliff …

Yeah, so there was no way I wasn’t going to do a photo essay on the fall in New England. After missing it three years in a row, this time …

Last Sunday Caroline and I went on another hike. It’s already been three weeks since our last hike, up Franconia Ridge and to the summit of Mount Lafayette. It was about …

The first weekend of fall was spectacular here in New England. Temperatures rose to an incredible 80°F (27°C) and there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky. Fall foliage was …

Black Mountain is one of my favorite mountains we’ve climbed so far. The mountain is located in East Haverhill in eastern New Hampshire and is actually not that well-known outside …

The White Mountains cover about a quarter of the entire area of New Hampshire. As the most rugged and wild mountains in New England, they are a paradise for people …