D I S TANCE: 97 MILES ➧ HIGHLIGHTS: VIEWS OF LAKES, MOUNTAINS AND VILLAGES; THE REGION’S LARGEST CITY; AND YEAR-ROUND RECREA T I O N The M/S Mount Washington cruises the state’s largest lake, Winnipesaukee. Photo: NHDTTD/David Brownell The Lakes Region offers something state. This area of the Lakes Region for everyone including boating, Tour is always bustling with activity. A few miles to the north, view hiking, fishing, shopping and much more. scenic gateways to Meredith's The Lakes Tour circles New Hampshire’s traditional New England village with largest lake, Lake Winnipesaukee and a panorama of Lake Winnipesaukee and the White Mountains. Meredith offers tremendous views of the is also a visitor hub and a crossroads surrounding mountains and lakes. for the Byway. Continue north towards Holderness for beautiful ALTON TO GILFORD. Lake views of Squam Lake and the Winnipesaukee is the largest and most Rattlesnake Range or head east and popular lake in New Hampshire and continue the other half of the tour certainly one of the most scenic. around Lake Winnipesaukee. Beginning in Alton, at the southern CENTER HARBOR TO gateway to the Lakes Region, the route MOULTONBOROUGH. Following follows NH 11 north through Alton the route clockwise, take Route 25 Bay up through Gilford. The Alton through Meredith and Center Harbor area became one of the earliest tourist towards Moultonborough. Or for a Tuftonboro, the landscape becomes New Hampshire’s Coos region destinations around the lake with the less traveled route, take NH 25B more rural. (in the north) which traveled south to arrival of rail in the later half of the from Meredith east to Center TUFTONBORO TO Connecticut (by river) given the 19th century. This western side of the Harbor. This route winds through WOLFEBORO. Heading back around absence of roads. The eastern leg, from lake shows off exceptional views of the hills north of Winnipesaukee and towards Alton you will pass the site of Wolfeboro to the Pemigewasset River the lake and Ossipee Range and offers is a less traveled alternative to Route the Wentworth Estate and the Libby in Holderness, was cut out for horse many different recreational 25. Downtown Center Harbor, near Museum. John Wentworth, the last travel in 1771-1773. This ancient route opportunities. Take a hike up to the the convergence of NH 25 and 25B, royal governor of New Hampshire, coincides closely with sections of the summit of Mt. Major for wonderful is a quaint town on the north edge envisioned four key routes necessary Lakes Region Tour. In fact, portions of sights of the Lake and surrounding of Winnipesaukee. This area has for the economic development of his it now in use in Wolfeboro, Center mountain ranges or stop in at Ellacoya retained much of its charm and province. One of these was to run Harbor and Holderness are still named State Park for a picnic or a swim. offers great views to the south. The from his summer estate in Wolfeboro "College Road." LACONIA TO MEREDITH. Weirs eastern side of Winnipesaukee is not to the new Dartmouth College in CONTACT: Lakes Region Association, Beach, with its amusement parks, as developed as the western side, Hanover. Wentworth saw an east-west 603-744-8664 or www.lakesregion.org; arcades, and shopping, is one of the and as you continue through road as a necessity to prevent the loss Greater Laconia Chamber of Commerce, most popular family resort areas in the Moultonborough and onto of revenue from goods produced in 603-524-5531. 18 19.