Spring & Summer Activities in NH

[mandcc96]

In keeping with the post made by another mom from Maine, I would like to get the same kind of list for NH.

I am looking for things to do this spring & summer for pre-school aged kiddos (and teenage siblings too) in the Hampton, Portsmouth, Rye, Kingston, Seabrook, Exeter areas. (other nearby locations ok too!)

Please post your favorite spring & summer-time spots! Include anything and everything! Free or fee! Inside or outside!

Playgrounds, beach spots, museums, farms, etc etc etc. anything!

Thanks!

Here is my list so far:

Hampton Beach
Seabrook Beach
Plaice Cove
Odione Point
Seacoast Science Center
Planet Playground -Exeter
Eaton Park -Hampton
Dover Children's Museum
Sprout Abouts -Stratham
Screamers Cafe -Stratham
Heron Pond Farm -South Hampton

Thanks!

[alison77]

A few additions, and may add more later when my brain is working better

Great Bay Discovery Center, Stratham (also summer activity program)
Rumble Tumble, Portsmouth
Newcastle Beach
Fort Foster (Kittery)
Blueberry Bay Farm - wanting to go there, they have summer story time 1x/week - Stratham (near GB)
Would like to go to NH Farm Museum (Milton?, a little further afield)
Walking trails/river/small pond - Phillips Exeter Academy
Mt. Agamenticus (York, ME)
Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)
Parker River Refuge, Plum Island (Newburyport) - also kids educational classes

That's all I can think of.
Also do you belong to Seacoast Mother's Assn? They often have recommendations, and event listings.

[zoebugsmom]

Free concerts in Dover- kids on Tuesdays, rock/blues on Thursdays and different stuff every Friday night
Prescott Park arts festival- kidsfests a couple Saturdays during the summer, the annual play, other random concerts and stuff

We spend a lot of time just doing random things like playing at Jackson's Landing, Mill Pond park, wandering Portsmouth, hanging at the beach at Newcastle Commons.

ETA the street fairs. Market Square Day in Portsmouth, Strawberry Festival in S Berwick, Apple Harvest in Dover (this is October but I added it any way). Dover usually has Dover Night Out, too, and Portsmouth has Summer in the Streets a couple times in the summr months. Then country fairs start in August with the Stratham Fair.

[mandcc96]

Originally Posted by alison77

A few additions, and may add more later when my brain is working better

Great Bay Discovery Center, Stratham (also summer activity program)
Rumble Tumble, Portsmouth
Newcastle Beach
Fort Foster (Kittery)
Blueberry Bay Farm - wanting to go there, they have summer story time 1x/week - Stratham (near GB)
Would like to go to NH Farm Museum (Milton?, a little further afield)
Walking trails/river/small pond - Phillips Exeter Academy
Mt. Agamenticus (York, ME)
Maudslay State Park (Newburyport)
Parker River Refuge, Plum Island (Newburyport) - also kids educational classes

That's all I can think of.
Also do you belong to Seacoast Mother's Assn? They often have recommendations, and event listings.

Thanks for all the great additions!! Looks like we'll have tons of stuff to do this summer. I hadn't joined the mom's association yet, I'll look into it. Thanks!!