Portland, ME, Northern NH (White Moutains) recommendations

No specific recs, but Northern NH is so beautiful. Further south will be overrun with leaf-watchers that time of year.

That part of the state is MAGA.

How far north in NH are you going?

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The coldest temperature recorded in New Hampshire was -50°F at the top of Mt. Washington on January 22, 1885. However, the coldest wind chill ever recorded in the U.S. was -108°F on February 6, 2023, also on Mt. Washington.

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I think there is valley that funnels wind that makes the wind chill so low.

I can't help really at all with Berlin and Gorham. It's been decades since I spent any time up that way other than passing through to Maine. I feel like everywhere else is about an hour or so away from Berlin so keep that in mind.

There's some great nature spots up there. Errol/Umbagogg and Dixville Notch are under an hour away, and Rangeley is about 1.5 hours. Lots of hunting and fishing up there in the Great North Woods, this I know. I can't recommend any places for food though. There's probably something good to find in Colebrook though, if you make the drive over Dixville Notch. Jackson is a postcard town and has The Wentworth for good food options.

If you want to make a trip to the Littleton/Bethlehem/Franconia area then I can make some recommendations. Nice area with small towns and great nature. Lancaster would be about halfway between, and there might be some places to stop and check out like the Polish Princess Bakery and Copper Pig Brewery.

A fun fact up that way- there was a WWII POW camp in Milan (pronounced Mile-in) where the German prisoners did logging for the paper mills in the area. A couple attempted escape but found themselves surrounded by forests and descendents of French Canadians who weren't welcoming and just came back to the camp.