Seacoast Family
Activities
Below is an extensive
list of place and events you may want to visit
while you are in the Seacoast area. Some have links to their sites.
Please ask your innkeeper for more
details and directions!
Amusements
Discovery
Especially for Families
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- Deerfield Fair,
Deerfield, NH
SEPTEMBER
-- New England's oldest family fair
- First Night Wolfeboro
(c), Wolfeboro, NH
DECEMBER.
Celebrate New Year's Eve by the lake
- Hampton
Airfield,
North Hampton, NH
Thrill
rides and private grass airfield
- Hampton Beach
State Park,
Hampton, NH
Happy
Hampton is the state's best known and most populated summer spot
- Peirce
Island , Portsmouth, NH
Pool,
boat launch, walking trails and picnic area on the Piscataqua
- Rinks
at Exeter, Exeter, NH
Full
public skating and hockey facility
- Rochester
Fair, Rochester, NH
SEPTEMBER
-- Since 1874 the biggest Rochester event, 10 days at the Fairgrounds
- Seashore
Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, ME
The
oldest and biggest trolley museum
- Water Country,
Portsmouth, NH
The
largest water park in New England
- Wells
Auto Museum, Wells, ME
80
classic antique cars and more
- York
Beach Arcades, York, ME
Coin
operated arcades for young and old
- York
Wild Kingdom, York, ME
A
zoo and an amusement park near York Beach
- Albacore
Park, Portsmouth, NH
Once
the world's fastest sub and now a museum
- Children's
Museum of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH
There's
always something to see and do and lots to learn here
- Christa
McAuliffe Planetarium, Concord, NH
Planetirum
dedicated to NH's teacher in space
- Gundalow
Company, Portsmouth, NH
A
reconstructed barge once popular on the Piscataqua River basin
- Jefferd's
Tavern, York, ME
A
1750 tavern welcomes visitors to Old York Historical tours and events
- John
York Cider Mill, Milton, NH
In
the olden days every down had a cider mill or two.
- Laudholm
Farm, Wells, ME
Explore
the estuarin ecology at this 250 year old salt marsh farm
- Little
Bay Buffalo, Durham, NH
Buffalo
on the NH range
- NH
Farm Museum, Milton, NH
A
family farm with family events in rural NH
- Sandy
Point Discovery Center, Stratham, NH
Discover
NH's hidden treasure, Great Bay
- Seacoast
Science Center, Rye, NH
The
ultimate kid place in the Seacoast
- Seashore
Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, ME
The
oldest and biggest trolley museum
- American
Independence Festival, Exeter, NH
JULY
– Annual celebration of America’s founding and freedom
- Annual
Pond Boat Regatta, Portsmouth, NH
AUGUST
- A day at the races
- Apple
Harvest Day, Dover, NH
OCTOBER
- Dover's big fall family event
- Bell
Center, Dover, NH
Acting
and music productions, camp, classes
- Children's
Museum of New Hampshire, Dover NH
There's
always something to see and do and lots to learn here
- Christmas
Prelude, Kennebunkport, ME
DECEMBER
shopping and events in downtown Kennebunkport
- Cochecho
Arts Festival, Dover, NH
JULY-
AUGUST Downtown concerts three days a week
- Festival
of Lights, York, ME
JULY
& DECEMBER -- Christmas lights at the Nubble Light
- Fireworks and Concerts
at Hampton Beach, Hampton, NH
SUMMER -- Wednesdays and Holidays as well as nightly concerts at the Seashell Stage beginning Memorial Day Weekend.
- Great
Island Common, New Castle, NH
Riverside
park with lighthouse views
- Hackmatack
Playhouse, Berwick, ME
Over
30 dramatic seasons in rural Maine
- Halloween
Happening, Portsmouth, NH
OCTOBER
- Historic Strawbery Banke gets spooky
- Hampton
Beach Children's Festival, Hampton, NH
AUGUST
-- A week of kid fun on the beach
- Hampton
Beach State Park, Hampton, NH
Happy
Hampton is the state's best known and most populated summer spot
- Harvest
Weekends, Hampton Falls, NH
SEPT-OCT
Harvest events each weekend
- Hay
Day, Farmington, NH
AUGUST
a big parade and all day party
- Kids
Koncert Series, Somersworth, NH
JULY
-AUGUST Outdoor concerts just for kids
- Leddy
Center for the Performing Arts, Epping, NH
The
arts come to Epping
- Market
Square Day, Portsmouth, NH
JUNE
--Portsmouth's annual downtown festival
- Market
Square Day 10K, Portsmouth, NH
JUNE
-- annual race kicks off the summer festivities of Market Square Day
- Music
Hall in Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH
Boston-quality
performaces in a restored 19th century theater
- New
Hampshire Theatre Project, Portsmouth, NH
Theaterical
plays and classes in Portsmouth's own West End
- New
Year's Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH
DECEMBER
Ring in the New Year in Market Square
- Newmarket
Heritage Festival, Newmarket, NH
SEPTEMBER
-- Celebrating the history of a NH mill town
- Odiorne
Point State Park , Rye, NH
State
park with science center, history, hiking abd bike paths
- Ogunquit
Playhouse, Ogunquit, ME
Professional
summer theater for over 70 seasons
- Old
York Historical Society, York, ME
Seven
builgings in downtown York highlighting local history with events
- Piscataqua
Faire, Portsmouth, NH
SEPTEMBER:
A Renaissance on the Waterfront
- Portsmouth
Halloween Parade, Portsmouth, NH
OCTOBER
Spookiest Halloween parade anywhere
- Prescott
Park, Portsmouth, NH
A
waterfront open space with award-winning gardens, dock, summer theater,
events
- Prescott
Park Arts Festival, Portsmouth, NH
JUNE,
JULY, AUGUST -- Continual summer arts activities by the river
for all ages
- Rochester
Opera House, Rochester, NH
Rochester's
arts center is located in a unique 1908 theater inside City Hall
- Sand
Sculpting Competition, Hampton, NH
JUNE
-- Master builders compete for sandy prize money
- Seacoast
Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, NH
Professional
theater year round in Portsmouth
- Seafood
Festival, Hampton, NH
SEPTEMBER
--Festival on the beach with music and craft fair
- Snowflake
Festival, Portsmouth, NH
DECEMBER
holiday events downtown
- Stratham
Fair, Stratham, NH
JULY
--a four day fair in Seacoast, NH
- Strawbery
Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH
Tour
400 years of history in NH's oldest neighborhood museum
- Wentworth-Coolidge
Mansion, Portsmouth, NH
The
royal mansion of NH's British Gov. Benning Wentworth
- Whaling
Wall, Portsmouth, NH
One
of Wyland's famous maritime murals
- York
Harvestfest, York, ME
OCTOBER
The big fall festival in an historic coastal Maine town