Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
ZIP code 03575 | |
Area code | 603 |
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GNIS feature ID | 865781[1] |
Bretton Woods is an area within the town of Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, whose principal points of interest are three leisure and recreation facilities. Being virtually surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest, the vista from Bretton Woods toward Mount Washington and the Presidential Range includes no significant artificial structures other than the Mount Washington Cog Railway and the Mount Washington Hotel.
Bretton Woods was the site of the
Bretton Woods is located along U.S. Route 302, 5 miles (8 km) east of the village of Twin Mountain and 20 miles (32 km) through scenic Crawford Notch northwest of the town of Bartlett.
In 1772, King
Points of interest
The Mount Washington Hotel and Resort is one in the last surviving handful of New Hampshire grand hotels, and includes two golf courses, alpine and Nordic skiing, a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) spa, sled rides, dog sled rides, tennis, horseback riding and much more in its facilities.
The
The tracks of the Cog Railway and its associated buildings lie up the slope of Mount Washington, in nearby
See also
References
- ^ "Bretton Woods". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Lawrence Shaw Mayo, John Wentworth, Governor of New Hampshire: 1767-1775; Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts 1921
- ^ "Run-Through Passenger Trains in New England". www.faracresfarm.com.
External links
Media related to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire at Wikimedia Commons