Strolling the village, you feel relaxed, unhurried. Today, more than 25 years since the last Shaker sister at Canterbury died, the village is a tribute to a way of life that has influenced generations to appreciate the beauty in simplicity. Even if visitors arrive with only a vague knowledge of the Shaker sect and what they believed (simple living, equality of sexes, communal living, pacifism, celibacy, respect for nature), the 300 people who lived and worked here two centuries ago would still feel at home all these decades later. The beauty to be found at Canterbury Shaker Village is the enduring sense of living history all around. I cannot say that I have, but no matter: The promise of one day doing so is always there.Ĭanterbury Shaker Village in Canterbury | Most Beautiful Places in New HampshireĪimee Tucker Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury People claim that on the clearest of days they can see all six New England states from the summit. It is why for two centuries poets and artists have climbed this mountain. New England has more-famous mountains - Mansfield, Katahdin, and Mount Washington, for instance - but none that speaks as eloquently to the rugged yet gentle beauty of forest, meadow, water, home. You climb above the tree line in less than an hour, and from there the landscape below will reward you even if you don’t take another step toward the summit.
Fuji sees more people however, there is a road cut through part of it now, so those of us who live in the shadow of Monadnock stay firm in claiming our title. Each year some 125,000 hikers climb Monadnock’s many trails, and guidebooks typically claim it’s either the most-climbed mountain in the world or, after Japan’s Mount Fuji, the second-most-climbed. Small wonder that the setting is often compared to Switzerland. Yankee is located in the heart of this area, in the small town of Dublin, and just up the road, around the curve of Route 101 heading west, Monadnock rises to the south, a blue lake at its feet. It is a mountain that gives an entire region of some 40 villages and towns a singular identity: We say we live in the Monadnock Region. But geology has given Monadnock the status of mountains many hundreds of feet taller, because Monadnock, located in the southwest corner of New Hampshire, stands alone. Mount Monadnock rises 3,165 feet - barely a foothill in some parts of the west. The Most Beautiful Places in New Hampshire New Hampshire is compact enough for visitors to visit everything on my list of most beautiful places in a day or two, but the secret to appreciating beauty is to take time.
Sometimes it may be seeing the same setting - a country road, a hillside, a meadow - in different light or in a different season. I have lived in New Hampshire nearly 40 years, and I am still discovering places and moments of beauty that surprise me.
But what if we live here in New Hampshire, one of the most beautiful places in the country? Will our eyes ever grow weary of looking at beauty? A mountain or a meadow or a sun-dappled beach - or even a bright nighttime cityscape - becomes more dramatic, more lovely, when we view it as strangers for the first time. The farther away from home we travel, it seems, the more we see with fresh eyes. Please travel responsibly, and check with state guidelines and individual businesses and organizations before making travel plans. Please note that businesses, attractions, and events throughout New England have been modified, closed, and/or canceled in response to the COVID-19 health crisis.
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