D I S TANCE: 12 MILES ➧ HIGHLIGHTS: AN HISTORIC SHAKER VILLAGE, RURAL FARMLAND, FORESTS, WETLANDS, AND A COLONIAL VILLAGE GREEN

On this quiet hillside in Canterbury, the put their “hands to work, hearts to God.” Photo: NHDTTD/Ralph Morang Take a look back into the ways of this site has been incorporated as a a traditional Shaker society in this nonprofit museum and educational institution. well-preserved village. Shakers embraced Today the 694 acre Canterbury a life of celibacy, hard work and Shaker Village offers 75 minute tours that provide visitors with a glimpse confession as the means to redemption, into the lives, times and values of the and the "Shaking Quakers’" unique style of Shakers. You can visit 25 original Shaker buildings spanning 200 years worship and communal lifestyle set them of their history or stop in the museum apart from traditional society of the time. shop where traditional Shaker crafts Their extraordinary craftsmanship and are offered for sale. Also take a walk on the nature trails through the ingenuity remain as legacies to this day. woodlands to ponds, mills and dams or investigate the Physician's Canterbury Shaker Village, Botanical Garden. Sugar maples a National Historic Landmark, planted by the Shakers along is located only 20 minutes from Meetinghouse Lane inside the Village Concord, ’s State and along the perimeter of Shaker Capital. Between 1780 and 1990 over Road offer spectacular color for 2,300 Shaker men, women and foliage season. children lived and worked here. In the Other highlights along this short revolutionary homes and other SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS: 1850s, at the height of the Shaker route include views of conservation attractions. Canterbury’s village Canterbury Shaker Village is open movement when there were 19 areas, open marshes and access to center, while not part of the Shaker seasonally. May-October 10-5 daily; American Shaker communities, the Hutchins Forest (maintained by the community, has a striking visual April, November and December 10-5 weekends. Admission: Adults $10, Canterbury Shakers owned 4,000 Society for the Protection of New simplicity, with its 1736 Town Hall, Children (age 6-15) $5. acres including over 100 buildings. Hampshire Forests). Local cultural Canterbury United Community Thanks to the foresight of Eldress features along the byway include Church, the country store, gazebo CONTACT: Canterbury Shaker Village, 603-783-9511 or www.shakers.org. Bertha Lindsay (who died in 1990), stonewalls, cemeteries, pre- and public library. 10 11