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Urban Hike: NH –> Portsmouth –> Intown

Hiking/Walk

DATE: Nov 29, 2019

END DATE: Nov 29, 2019

Hike/Event Location: Portsmouth NH

Trip Leader(s)

MO
Lancaster, NH United States

Meeting Time: 10:00 AM

Max # People: 15

Hike Guiding / Event Fee: No, I will not be asking participants for money

Hike Difficulty Level:

Easy to Moderate

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Summary

Walk off all that Turkey you just ate the day before.

This will be a meandering hike covering the Wibird, Haymarket Square, Downtown and South End neighborhoods of Portsmouth.

A BIT ABOUT PORTSMOUTH

…Settled in 1623, Portsmouth lays claim to the title of third-oldest city in the nation, but at 21,000 inhabitants, it’s no metropolis. And that’s just fine. With a rich fishing, shipping and brewing past, and a still active working port, Portsmouth and its pleasures are smaller scale. They’re also best approached on foot. Visitors will find no end of brick sidewalks to stroll, boutiques to pop into, and Colonial, Federal and Georgian houses to tour….

… Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is near the top of almost everyone’s list of favorite New England towns – a very walkable deep water port fed by five rivers that comprise the second largest estuary on the east coast of North America. Bridging New Hampshire and Maine…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire

https://newengland.com/today/travel/new-hampshire/downtown-portsmouth-new-hampshire/

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0739677,-70.7628099,15z

PROPOSED HIKE

On Friday, November 29 we will meet at 10:00 am.

We will cover 6+ miles (can’t walk the entire distance – then grab an Uber and meet us for lunch).

We will meet in front of the John Paul Jones House on the corner of State & Middle Streets.

We will walk the Wibird neighborhood – a charming up and coming residential area. Then we will head into downtown as we pass many of Portsmouth’s historic landmarks. We’ll grab lunch then tour the waterfront and South End neighborhoods. After all our walking we may want to get a mid-afternoon snack.