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American Independence Byway Loop

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Recorded distance
28 km
Riding-time estimate
36 min
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.

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Why this ride

Colonial towns, orchards and a brief ocean edge south of Portsmouth. The road: NH-150, NH-84 and NH-27. Distance and riding time are estimates from the checkpoints until the road is measured on this page.

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Exeter

    Exeter was a capital once, and for a few frantic years it behaved like one. During the Revolution, New Hampshire's government met here, away from the exposed coast, and the town's Ladd-Gilman house, now part of the American Independence Museum, stored gunpowder and state papers. The museum holds an early printed copy of the Declaration of Independence found in the attic, and each July the town stages a Revolutionary War festival with muskets, drill and dressed-up volunteers.

    Read the complete Exeter write-up.

  2. 2. Hampton Falls

  3. 3. Hampton

    New Hampshire has only about eighteen miles of coastline, the shortest of any coastal state in the country, and Hampton is where most of it is crowded in summer. Hampton Beach is a long stretch of sand with a boardwalk, arcades, fried-dough stands and the Casino Ballroom, a live music venue that has hosted performers for generations. It is brash, noisy and cheerful, and on a hot July weekend the scene is a river of flip-flops and ice cream.

    Read the complete Hampton write-up.

  4. 4. Back to Exeter

    Return visit. Read the place description above.

    Read the complete Exeter write-up.

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