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Where to Stay in Franconia
Franconia is a small town in the valley north of Franconia Notch, between the Kinsman Range and the Franconia Range. The village has a general store, a post office and a few places to eat, and Cannon Mountain and Franconia Notch State Park are about 10 minutes south. Franconia Notch has the Cannon aerial tramway, the Flume Gorge, Echo Lake and a paved recreation path along the valley floor. Robert Frost lived on a farm on Ridge Road that is now The Frost Place, a museum and poetry center. Franconia Inn has taken guests since 1863 and has 29 rooms on 65 acres in the Easton Valley, and The Horse and Hound Inn, a 1947 lodge on Wells Road, is rented mainly to groups.
Franconia Inn
Franconia · Inn
A 29-room country inn on 65 acres in the Easton Valley, taking guests since 1863. The white clapboard building was rebuilt in the 1930s after a fire. It faces Mount Lafayette, Franconia Notch and the Kinsman Range. Summer brings horseback riding on the property and glider rides from the on-site soaring port; winter brings 40 kilometers of groomed cross-country ski trails. There is a pub, a dining room, two porches and a library.
The Horse and Hound Inn
Franconia · Inn
A 12-bedroom lodge on Wells Road in Franconia, bordering the White Mountain National Forest, now rented mainly to groups for retreats and weddings. It began as an 1830s farmhouse and barn; financier William V.C. Ruxton bought the farm in 1945 and built the inn in the style of an English fox-hunting lodge, finishing the lobby and tavern in 1947. There is a lobby with a fireplace and grand piano, a tavern, a library and gardens. The Tucker Brook Trail connects it to Cannon Mountain.
Why Stay in Franconia
- •Franconia Inn offers horseback riding and glider rides from its own soaring port in summer, and 40 kilometers of groomed cross-country trails in winter.
- •Cannon Mountain's aerial tramway runs to the summit, a way to the top without a long hike.
- •The Flume Gorge, Echo Lake's beach and the Basin, all in Franconia Notch State Park, are within about 15 minutes.
- •Quieter than Lincoln, at the far end of the notch, and closer to Cannon.
What Makes This Area Interesting
- •Franconia Notch State Park: the Flume Gorge, Echo Lake's small beach, and the Basin, a deep granite pothole on the Pemigewasset River.
- •Cannon Mountain: a state-owned ski area; its aerial tramway also carries sightseers from late spring through fall.
- •The Frost Place: Robert Frost's former farmhouse on Ridge Road, open seasonally as a museum, with a short nature trail posted with his poems.
- •Sugar Hill: about 5 minutes west on Route 117, with views from Sunset Hill west to Vermont and east to the Franconia Range.
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