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Where to Stay in Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill sits on a ridge west of Franconia, with views east to the Franconia Range and west across the Connecticut River valley to Vermont's Green Mountains. The town is small: a church, farms, Polly's Pancake Parlor and Harman's Cheese & Country Store, and lupines in the fields in June. The Sunset Hill House, a grand hotel that held 350 guests, closed in 1973 and was torn down, but its 1880s annex survives as Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch, reopened in 2026 with 32 rooms. Sugar Hill Inn is a 1789 farmhouse inn for adults, with a restaurant and views of the Franconia Range. Franconia Notch is about 15 minutes away, and Littleton about 15 minutes north.
Hideaway Inn Franconia Notch
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.
Sugar Hill Inn
Sugar Hill · Inn
A farmhouse inn on Sugar Hill, built in 1789, with views of the Franconia Range from the dining room and most rooms. Rooms are in the main house and 7 cottage rooms, many with soaking tubs and fireplaces. Breakfast is made to order with in-house baking, the restaurant serves dinner, and massages are offered. Children are not allowed.
Why Stay in Sugar Hill
- •From Sunset Hill, the Franconia Range, including Lafayette and Lincoln, is to the east, and Vermont's Green Mountains are to the west.
- •More secluded and quieter than Franconia while covering identical access to Cannon Mountain and Franconia Notch.
- •Lupines bloom in the hillside fields around town in early June.
- •Back roads over the hill pass farms and open fields, with little traffic outside foliage season.
What Makes This Area Interesting
- •Sunset Hill: the ridge-top road where the old grand hotel stood, facing west toward Vermont.
- •Franconia Notch State Park: 15 minutes south on Route 18 and I-93, with the Flume Gorge, Echo Lake, and Cannon aerial tramway.
- •Cannon Mountain: about 15 minutes southeast, a state-owned ski area whose aerial tramway also carries sightseers in summer and fall.
- •Franconia Inn: about 10 minutes away in the Easton Valley, with horseback riding and glider rides on its 65 acres.
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