Strafford: Rivers, Nature and Family Culture
Accommodation in Strafford
Strafford combines nature experiences on the water, interesting trails, history and interactive culture. Anyone planning a trip with a variety of ideas for each day will find opportunities here for peaceful exploration as well as active pursuits. When choosing your vacation rental, you can therefore consider whether museums, river landscapes, seasonal events or trails for outdoor activities should be the focus of your trip.
Rivers, Parks and Trails
The Isinglass River Conservation Reserve encompasses five properties totaling approximately 400 acres and more than 2 miles of the Isinglass River corridor. Via Pig Lane, you can walk to cellar holes, cemeteries of the original settlers and the ruins of once-thriving mills. This place therefore combines nature with traces of earlier use. The Isinglass River also has the highest-rated water quality in the Great Bay watershed.
Northwood Meadows State Park features a pond formed by a dammed stream. It is used for fishing and non-motorized boating. The park's easily accessible trails are suitable for cycling, hiking, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. Nebi Park offers another waterside setting: the public park on the Cochecho River has river access, recreational facilities and a public pavilion.
The Dover Community Trail also makes the landscape accessible in a distinctive way. For much of its route through the city, it follows a former railroad bed and is intended to provide public access to protected green corridors along the Cochecho and Bellamy Rivers. In Durham, a network of trails can be used for walking, running, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Depending on the season, this allows you to incorporate various forms of outdoor activity into your trip planning.
Museums, History and Seasonal Experiences
For those interested in culture, the Woodman Museum offers exhibitions on natural history, history and art for all age groups. The Children's Museum of New Hampshire extends over two floors and features interactive exhibits for children from toddler age through middle school. These two museums have different focuses and can enrich the travel plans of families with children as well as those of culturally interested adults.
History comes to life at the Damm Garrison House. The building was constructed around 1675 and is considered the only known example of a garrison house in Dover. The regional cultural offering also includes the New Hampshire Farm Museum, which consists of two associated farms on 50 acres at Plummer's Ridge in Milton, New Hampshire.
The Sunflower Festival takes place in summer and celebrates the sunflower fields at the peak of their bloom. Food vendors are present throughout the festival week. When choosing a vacation rental, you can use such seasonal dates as an opportunity to shape the rhythm of your trip more around events, regional impressions and shared discoveries.
Getting There and Choosing a Location
Dover has an Amtrak Downeaster passenger rail station. The Exit 9 Park & Ride/Bus Terminal in Dover offers bus connections to Boston and New York City. When planning your trip, you can consider the available travel connections in addition to your excursion interests.
For further orientation, you can visit the pages for Dover, Durham and Strafford. This allows you to align your accommodation search with the travel experience that matters most to you: water and nature, trails and winter sports, museums and history, or a summer festival.
For the higher-level travel overview: New Hampshire.
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