Historic Hotels & Inns in the White Mountains

Bretton Woods · Resort

A 1902 resort at Bretton Woods, where the 1944 international monetary conference created the International Monetary Fund. The building, a National Historic Landmark, has a red tile roof and a white facade visible from the valley floor. It has more than 200 rooms, a Donald Ross-designed golf course, the Bretton Woods ski area and a full-service spa, with Crawford Notch to the south.

Site of the 1944 Bretton Woods monetary conference. National Historic Landmark. The Donald Ross golf course. Bretton Woods ski area.

Hart's Location · Inn

An 1860s granite mansion on a 100-acre estate in Crawford Notch, where all 15 rooms have wood-burning fireplaces. Two cottages take dogs. The estate has 8,000 feet of Saco River frontage with two natural swimming holes, and it borders the White Mountain National Forest. Breakfast is included, and four-course dinners are served several nights a week.

Fifteen rooms, each with a wood-burning fireplace, in an 1860s granite mansion on 100 acres in Crawford Notch. Two swimming holes on the Saco River.

Jackson · Inn

A 61-room inn at the center of Jackson Village, dating to 1869, with an 18-hole golf course, spa suites and cottages with private hot tubs. The 1869 Room is the restaurant, and Alpine is the tavern. The Jackson Ski Touring Foundation's cross-country trail network, Black Mountain and the village covered bridge are all close by.

Whitefield · Resort

An 1865 resort hotel in Whitefield on high ground facing the Presidential Range and Mount Washington. The Tower Spa, a golf course and a dining room using local ingredients are on site. A renovation completed in the 2000s restored the Victorian building. Rates run below the Omni Mount Washington to the south.

Jackson · Resort

A 96-room resort on a ridge above Jackson Village, operating since 1879, when the Gale family first opened their farmhouse to twelve summer guests. The building grew around that farmhouse, and its 280-foot wraparound veranda and a 1926 hydroelectric elevator, now on display, are original. A 9-hole golf course sits on the inn's former pastures. It is a member of Historic Hotels of America. Jackson's covered bridge, cross-country ski network and Black Mountain are all close by.

Sugar Hill · Inn

The surviving 1880s annex of the original Sunset Hill grand hotel on Sugar Hill, which held 350 guests before it closed in 1973 and was torn down. The annex was restored and reopened in 2015, and reopened again in 2026 under Hideaway Inns as Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch, with 32 redesigned rooms. From the ridge, the White Mountains are visible to the east and Vermont's Green Mountains to the west. There is a golf course and dining on the grounds.

Glen · B&B

A bed and breakfast at 404 Route 302 in Glen, beside the 1850s Bartlett Covered Bridge over the Saco River. It has 5 guest rooms, including a suite, and breakfast is included. Guests can swim or tube in the river from the property, and there is an outdoor hot tub. North Conway is a short drive.

Littleton · Inn

A Greek Revival hotel on Littleton's Main Street, built in 1843 and opened in 1850 as Thayer's White Mountain Hotel, with three-story fluted Doric columns and an octagonal cupola. It calls itself the oldest continuously operated hotel in the White Mountains and has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. The 35 rooms range from standard rooms to family suites and units with kitchenettes. Past guests include Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce and P.T. Barnum.

Bretton Woods · Inn

A Victorian inn built in 1896 and restored, with 34 rooms and suites, on the grounds of the Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods. It is run as part of the resort, at a smaller scale than the 1902 main hotel across the grounds. The resort's Donald Ross golf course and the Bretton Woods ski area, which the resort also operates, are nearby.

Bethlehem · Inn

A historic resort in Bethlehem built around a 1914 Donald Ross golf course. The original Maplewood hotel complex opened in 1876, hosted Presidents Grant and Roosevelt, and burned in the 1960s. The surviving 1889 Casino building is now the 20-room Inn at Maplewood, booked mainly for groups (8 rooms minimum) and golf packages. The course is open to individual golfers and day visitors.

North Conway · Inn

A 17-room inn on Route 16 at the north end of North Conway, built in 1785 by a Revolutionary War veteran on land granted for his service. It faces Mount Washington and the Presidential Range. The dining room is candlelit, and its menu includes Caesar salads made tableside and flambéed desserts.

North Conway · Inn

The summer estate of carpet manufacturer Erastus Bigelow, built in 1872 on 33 private acres a mile north of North Conway. Its English-manor interiors (oak woodwork, leaded-glass windows, beamed ceilings and carved detailing) date from an 1895 redesign by Bigelow's daughter, Helen Bigelow Merriman. There are 26 rooms, 7 with wood-burning fireplaces and 12 with Jacuzzi tubs. The Library Martini Lounge has a fieldstone fireplace and carved paneling.