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Kittery. Maine

With the exception of Odiorne Point in Rye, this is the region’s largest and most scenic and diverse area to wander. The WWII era cement forts are crumbling, but the seaside path is spectacular for its rocky shore. More amazingly, these photos were taken in January.

Gloucester, MA
Est 1801, rebuilt 1851 & 1897

Congress appropriated $2,000 in April 1800 for a lighthouse at Wigwam Point, the northwesterly point of Annisquam village. The name stems from the long use of the point as a summer gathering place for local Indians

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Hampton, NH

Soon after the fall Seafood Festival the tourists begin to fade. By the holidays only the hardy off-season tourists and the winter rental tenants remain. This time, to some minds, is when the sea is most amazing. With the right clothes, and perhaps the right horse, the long stretch of sand called Hampton Beach is a glorious place to walk.

Fall River, Massachusetts
Built 1881. Light is 47 feet above water.

One Borden Flats lighthouse keeper made a daring rescue. Another was frozen in for an entire month. To read more about this cast iron lighthouse on a Fall River reef, click above.

Jeremy’s Lighthouse Guide #58

Off Chatham, Massachusetts
Est 1823, rebuilt 1849
Tower is 40 feet tall

The oldest cast iron lighthouse in the east, Monomoy surveys some mighty rough water. Discontinued in 1923 the dramatic red tower is slated for some much needed maintenance as part of a wildlife refuge today.

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Northwood, NH

A reader recently noted that we had missed this state park in our online photo gallery. Not any more. We toured on a cool November afternoon and encountered many other hikers along the way. Nice deep woods with little worldly sounds and no major city nearby in rural Northwood.

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Can you find a more beautiful and historic secondary school in America? The rambling riverside campus of PEA is an uplifting hike in any season and just a block from downtown Exeter. Here are a few photo highlights.

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Eliot, Maine

A bugle blast announced the grand opening of a new public walking tail in Eliot Maine. The bugle was issued to Maynard Douglas – for whom the trail is dedicated -- during World War I. Douglas used the bugle to call his children to dinner. Here his grandson David Douglas plays Reveille at the dedication ceremony in Maine.

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Strafford/Farmington, NH

Next closest Seacoast steep climb to Agamenticus in Maine. This is a great trail for warming-up those old joints for steeper hikes, which is why it was strategically placed at the "foothills" of the White Mountains. Hikers tackle it year round and especially loved by blueberry pickers in summer.

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Kittery Point, Maine

Easy to miss, this lovely trail winds thru thick woods and marsh on the way to Seapoint Beach. We took the short walk just in the setting sun on the day of the vernal equinox. En route we passed only one other hiker. Like we said, it’s easy to miss – but shouldn’t be.