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September 21, 2026 · Visiting The White Mountains
Hiking Near Waterville Valley NH: A Trail-by-Trail Guide
Every hike worth doing around Waterville Valley, Campton and Thornton, trail by trail, with Forest Service distances, USGS summit elevations, the real Tripoli Road gate dates, the parking and recreation-pass reality, and honest notes on when each one is a bad idea.
September 21, 2026 · Visiting The White Mountains
Ski Resorts in New Hampshire and What It Costs to Own Near Them
Every ski area in New Hampshire that matters — vertical, acreage, lifts, snowmaking, ownership and 2026/27 pass affiliation, each checked against the source and dated, Cannon's out-of-service tramway included — paired with the half no ski roundup covers: what a condo or a house actually costs near each mountain.
September 19, 2026 · Buying Guides
Mobile and Manufactured Homes in New Hampshire: A Buyer's Guide
What buying a mobile or manufactured home in New Hampshire actually involves — pre-1976 versus HUD-code versus modular, the three ownership structures, resident-owned communities, RSA 205-A park rights, chattel versus mortgage financing, taxes and inspection.
September 19, 2026 · Living Here
Plymouth vs Campton vs Thornton NH: Which Town Should You Buy In
Plymouth, Campton and Thornton sit in a row along I-93 and most buyers look at all three. Here is the honest side-by-side — 2025 tax rates, the Waterville Estates district tax, typical home values, schools, drive times, wells and septic, fiber internet, electric territory, Class VI roads and who each town actually fits.
September 18, 2026 · Local Living
Things to Do in Plymouth NH: A Local's Guide to Town and Beyond
A local guide to things to do in Plymouth NH — Main Street and the common, the Flying Monkey, Plymouth State's arts and athletics, river swimming and trails in town, and the Rumney, Newfound, Squam and Waterville day trips that make the town worth basing yourself in.
September 16, 2026 · Neighborhood Guides
Tenney Mountain Plymouth NH: Is It Open, and What to Pay Nearby
Tenney Mountain's operating status as of September 2026, the sixty-year record of closings and reopenings behind it, why the base condominiums sit on association-owned wells rather than town water, and how to value a place at the base under three different futures.
September 16, 2026 · Investment
Homes for Sale Near Plymouth State University: A Rental Buyer's Guide
What it actually takes to own a rental near Plymouth State University — the zoning definition that caps a unit at three unrelated tenants, the town-wide overnight parking ban that runs the whole academic year, which streets walk to campus, per-bedroom rents, the summer gap and New Hampshire landlord law.
September 11, 2026 · Buying Guides
Farms and Farmhouses for Sale in New Hampshire: A Buyer's Guide to Land, Barns and Current Use
What farm property for sale in New Hampshire actually costs, where the good soil and the good barns are, and the current use, Land Use Change Tax, barn easement, right-to-farm, well, septic and old-house questions that separate a working farm from an expensive lawn.
September 10, 2026 · Buying Guides
Camps and Cabins for Sale in New Hampshire: The Seasonal Property Buyer's Guide
What a New Hampshire "camp" actually is, where cabins, camps and cottages for sale really are (lake cottages, woods cabins, North Country hunting camps), what they cost by region, what genuinely exists at the cheap end of waterfront, and the septic, shoreland, road, financing and insurance questions that make seasonal property different from any other purchase.
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