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When to catch New Hampshirethrough the year
We follow 6 places in New Hampshire for fall foliage and wildlife by season: fall at Crawford Notch and Zealand Valley and Great Bay Refuge and spring at Umbagog Refuge. Each timing below is the place's own source, in its words; none is a forecast.
When are you going?
Fall in New Hampshire
- ONE SPOT · FALL FOLIAGESeptember and OctoberWhite Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire
- STATEWIDE · FALL FOLIAGEUsually well under way by early OctoberCrawford Notch and Zealand Valley · New Hampshire
- STATEWIDE · FALL FOLIAGEUsually well under way by early OctoberPinkham Notch · New Hampshire
- STATEWIDE · FALL FOLIAGEUsually well under way by early OctoberWaterville Valley · New Hampshire
- SEASON · FALL FOLIAGEMid-OctoberGreat Bay Refuge · New Hampshire
Good in fall
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf I Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf II Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleyZealand Campground open, first come
- Pinkham NotchDolly Copp Campground open
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field winter camping, first come
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field group sites by reservation
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Winter in New Hampshire
Good in winter
- Great Bay RefugeWintering bald eagles (New Hampshire's largest concentration)
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field winter camping, first come
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Spring in New Hampshire
Good in spring
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf I Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf II Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleyZealand Campground open, first come
- Pinkham NotchDolly Copp Campground open
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field winter camping, first come
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field group sites by reservation
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Summer in New Hampshire
Good in summer
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf I Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleySugarloaf II Campground open
- Crawford Notch and Zealand ValleyZealand Campground open, first come
- Pinkham NotchDolly Copp Campground open
- Pinkham NotchBarnes Field group sites by reservation
- Umbagog RefugeCommon loons nesting, May into July
Open places and seasons from each place's sources; no peak claimed.
Places in New Hampshire
Pin color: each place's season now or next
- Spring
- Fall
Places on this map, as a list
Planning a New Hampshire trip
Towns to stay in
Sources: USA National Phenology Network · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Wikipedia · checked Sep 30 · How we know