14-05-2025
Most beautiful spot on in NH, Maine? Yankee Magazine picked these 4 destinations
New Hampshire and Maine are great places to visit.
With Maine's beautiful coastal views and New Hampshire's breathtaking mountain ranges perfect for hikes and nature walks, both New Hampshire and Maine states are known for being beautiful.
And that's why Yankee Magazine included four Seacoast locales in their list of the 12 most beautiful places to visit in New England.
"More than anything, look through these photos and then find their equal wherever you may travel in New England: villages, cities, woods, waterways, orchards, farms," Yankee Magazine said. "Be alert for even the smallest moments of beauty."
Here are Yankee Magazine's picks for most beautiful places to visit in New Hampshire and Maine.
If you're a fan of sweeping displays of nature's majesty, then going to this national park should definitely be on your bucket list.
What Yankee Magazine said about Acadia National Park: "As a largely rural state, Maine offers some of the most pristine night skies imaginable. This celestial bounty is celebrated each September at the Acadia Night Sky Festival, one of the East Coast's biggest and best-known night sky events. You don't have to wait till fall, though, to get a front-row seat to Acadia's cavalcade of stars: The curtain goes up every night."
More: These isolated forests in Maine are 'dark skies sanctuaries:' See where
There's nothing like being on the water with someone you love, and, just like Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in "On Golden Pond," you could rekindle your love for one another at this New Hampshire lake.
What Yankee Magazine said about Squam Lake: "In contrast to the busy summer playground that is nearby Lake Winnipesaukee, Squam Lake has an unhurried, almost romantic air—a loch amid the New Hampshire highlands. Take a boat tour to be charmed by its scattering of islands and stretches of undeveloped shoreline, and keep an eye out for the loons, bald eagles, and great blue herons that nest here."
If you're interested in boating on Squam Lake, you're going to need to launch from 534 US-3 in Holderness, N.H., Squam Lakes Association website said.
Docking your boat at public lands like Moon Island, Bowman Island, Chamberlain Reynolds Memorial Forest, and Five Finger Point is advised as is steering clear of privately owned areas, which make up much of Squam Lake.
Orchards are a New England staple, and this one in the Granite State does not disappoint.
What Yankee Magazine said about Alyson's Orchard: "A steep, west-facing hillside at this 350-acre property in Walpole gives its trees abundant exposure, which in turn produces exceptional fruit. That same hillside gives Alyson's visitors abundant views—of the Connecticut River Valley and onward to Vermont—which in turn produce exceptional memories."
You can visit Alyson's Orchard at 57 Alyson's Ln., Walpole.
With all the stressors in the world and in daily life right now, don't you deserve a stay at a reservation-only inn and restaurant inside a gloriously beautiful greenhouse? Yankee Magazine seems to think so.
What Yankee Magazine said about Aragosta: "The reservations-only Hillside Greenhouse at Aragosta, chef-owner Devin Finigan's destination restaurant and inn on Deer Isle might be the prettiest dining room you'll ever see. (The nearby Forest Greenhouse, added in 2023, could be a close contender, though.)"
You can visit Aragosta at 300 Goose Cove Rd., Deer Isle.
Rin Velasco is a trending reporter. She can be reached at rvelasco@
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: National park, lake, orchard named most beautiful views in NH, Maine
