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The Seacoast Science Center (436-8043) is at Odiorne Point State Park. It’s open year-round, but hours change seasonally. Admission was recently just a dollar (in addition to the day-use fee for the park); exhibits reveal American Indian encampments, explore the wildlife of the park, and focus on the sea. The bookshop is terrific.
North Hampton
North Hampton offers a peaceful stroll through masses of estate gardens and 1,500 rose bushes at Fuller Gardens (964-5414). As you drive south on Route 1A, look for the sign on the right side of the road; if you reach the junction with Route 111, you’ve just passed the turn. Open daily 10 to 6 from early May through mid-October (nominal admission).
Hampton Beach
Hampton Beach is literally a playground, from the fireworks every Wednesday and holiday night all summer, to a casino and
arcades, to free band concerts and, of course, the beaches themselves, full of swimmers, surfers, even parasailers. There’s a five-day children’s festival in August with sand castle contests, costume parade, free kites, and more. The annual seafood
festival is held the first weekend of September. Get a vacation guide free; write to Hampton Beach Vacation Guide, PO Box 790B, Hampton, NH 03843-0790. Or call the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, 296-8717 or 800-438-2826; e-mail hamptoncc@hamptonbeach.com.
Seabrook
Seabrook is home to New Hampshire’s nuclear power plant, on Route 1. You can visit the Science and Nature Center (800-338-7482) at New Hampshire Yankee, Monday through Saturday, from March through Thanksgiving, from 10 am to 4 pm; open Monday through Friday the rest of the year. The center has educational exhibits about electricity, nuclear power, and the environment. Free admission. Seabrook also has a greyhound park on Route 107, with races on the weekends; call the Seabrook Greyhound Park for weekend packages that add lodgings and meals to the races (474-3065, ext. 234).
Last updated November 7, 2007
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