Things to do & places to visit in Lee, New Hampshire, United States

Lee city in New Hampshire, United States. Timezone: America/New_York, current date and time: Saturday, May 04, 2024, 17:16.

Top things to do (8)

• History Museums
• Wineries & Vineyards
• Libraries
• Farms
• Speciality & Gift Shops
• Gardens
• Churches & Cathedrals
• Parks

Top places to visit

1. 5.0 Bedrock Gardens (45 reviews)
   - Sometimes less is more
   Saturday: Spent 2-3 hours Gardens
   
   
   Bedrock Gardens is a private 20-acre garden notable for its horticulture, specimen plants, garden design, hardscape, and art. We open Mid-May, and close after Labor Day. Please note that we are open Tuesday thru Friday of the week, and only the first and third weekends of the month. Times are from 10-4. Check our website (bedrockgardens.org) for details. See more..
   
2. 5.0 Avenue Victor Hugo Books (6 reviews)
   - A gem of a book shop in a quaint New Hampshire town
   Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Speciality & Gift Shops
   
   
   The legendary Avenue Victor Hugo Books has re-opened in a post-and-beam barn 10 minutes from the UNH campus in Durham. For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston’s Back Bay, the store at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded “Best Used Bookstore” multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike. During its years on Newbury Street, Avenue Victor Hugo also played host to Fiction, Galileo, and Galaxy magazines, all published by McCaffrey. In 2004 the store was forced to close due to high rents. 14 years later, in 2018, the shop reopened in Lee, New Hampshire. This rebirth has been celebrated by The Boston Globe, WMUR's New Hampshire Chronicle, The New Hampshire Union Leader, NHPR's Morning Edition, Foster's Daily Democrat, and WGBH's Greater Boston. AVH specializes in fiction and history but carries a select of all genres. See more..
   
3. 5.0 Misty Meadows Herbal Center (1 review)
   - EXCELLENT HERBAL SHOP
   Speciality & Gift Shops
   
   
   On entering Misty Meadows Herbal Center, one is greeted with the scent of herbs and the sight of drying herbs hanging from wires overhead. One knows that he or she is in a slightly different world – a world of herbal healing. For many years, I’ve been a patron of Misty Meadows Herbal Center for different things, ranging from herbals and incense to crystals, and gifts, such as jewelry and key rings. One herbal treatment that has helped me is Adaptagenic Tea Blend #2 which I drink to help my sinuses with allergies to both American and European dust mites. Some of the ingredients include licorice, nettle leaf, milky oats, and marshmallow root. A couple of years ago, I got an herbal summer lemonade that was very refreshing. For gifts, I’ve purchased earrings, pendants, and a keychain. On this visit, I got a purple tote bag that can be seen in one of my photos posted with this review. It was $5.95. There is a wide selection of incense. There are herbal skin-care products as well. Employees are certified herbalists and are very knowledgeable. In addition to the retail store, Wendy Snow Fogg, the owner, has established a post-secondary school licensed by the State of New Hampshire. Many people treat with Wendy Snow Fogg for Lyme Disease. Working with a person’s physician, she develops an herbal supplement program to relieve symptoms of the disease. She has brought great relief to over 80% of those clients. Many become symptom-free. I’ve always been satisfied with the herbals and other products from Misty Meadows Herbal Center. I rate Misty Meadows Herbal Center at 5.0 and highly recommend a visit. One doesn’t have to be sick to go there. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below. See more..
   
4. 4.5 Flag Hill Distillery & Winery (93 reviews)
   - An excellent experience!
   Saturday: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wineries & Vineyards
   
   
   We are vineyard affectionados from Pennsylvania and visited this vineyard along with our daughter and her boyfriend who are living in Exeter, New Hampshire. The wines were excellent, the cheese plate complimented them and most of all, the hosts were among the best as they were super-friendly and accommodating. The tasting center and vineyards were beautiful. They were not doing tours at the time but we were more interested in the tastings. This visit was a pleasant surprise and we strongly recommend that you put this winery/vineyard on your list! See more..
   
5. 4.5 Coppal House Farm (32 reviews)
   - Beautiful Sunflower Festival At Coppal House Farm In Lee, New Hampshire
   Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Farms
   
   
   Start a Family Tradition close to home ... Come to Coppal House Farm! Coppal House Farm is a 78-acre diversified family farm located on State highway Route 155 in Lee, NH. Coppal House Farm holds itself to high standards, trying to keep all of its vistas scenic and beautiful. The animals are healthy and active, and the buildings are well maintained and upgrades are part of the growth plans for the farm. Guests always comment on the beauty of the farm. This farm has been in existence since the 1740's and we try to maintain its historical integrity with modern functionality. See more..
   
6. 4.0 DeMeritt Hill Farm (14 reviews)
   - Great fall afternoon activity
   Spent 1-2 hours Farms
   
   
   My family (kids in high and elementary school) went apple and pumpkin picking here and walked the Haunted Overload in the day. I can't wait to see it in the night! There are other walking/hiking trails on the property, and they had the store open to sell baked goods, beverages, and pre-picked apples. We liked picking out own. They had wagon rides through the orchard too. Great way to spend a few hours on a crisp fall afternoon. See more..
   
7. 4.0 Lee Public Library (1 review)
   - LARGE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL FOR HISTORICAL RESEARCH
   Saturday: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Libraries
   
   
   Heading for Misty Meadows Herbal Center, I stopped by the Lee Public Library to do historical research about Lee. The view of the library from the street and parking lot was deceiving. It was actually much larger than it appeared to be because of a room on the side toward the back as well as another room in the back weren’t visible from the street or the parking lot. There was good-sized Children’s section was near the entrance. It had a great collection of books. The Young Adult section was also a good size. The Adult Non-Fiction, Fiction, and History were in the back room. I found a wide selection in each genre. The third side room near the front was the Reference Room. There, I found a large New Hampshire History section. It was in a two-sided shelving unit. Not only was it larger than I expected, but is was also larger than Reference sections in several larger libraries in the area. But, Lee is a town that’s big on history, so it didn’t surprise me all that much. One of the subjects I wanted to research was the approximate founding year of the cemetery across the street. A librarian pulled out a loose-leaf notebook that had information on the cemeteries, but that one was not in there because it was newer than the other two. So, it was not as historic as I thought. The library staff was very helpful. There were a number of library-related items for sale that included sports caps and book bag totes. The library also sold history booklets from the Lee Historical Society's museum next door. On the way out, I took one of the craft packets. It was to make a stand-up cardboard apple. I rate my experience at the Lee Public Library at 4.50 and can recommend a visit. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below. See more..
   
8. 4.0 Lee Historical Society Museum (1 review)
   - TOWN OF LEE HISTORY IN OBJECTS & POSTER BOARDS
   History Museums
   
   
   One Saturday afternoon, I visited the Lee Historical Society Museum which I’d only recently discovered as it’s not in plain sight. I’d driven past it hundreds and hadn’t noticed it because it’s set back off the road at the same parking lot used for the library. Inside, I looked around. There were four exhibits that got my attention. One exhibit was titled The King’s Trees. That was about the logging industry to cut down large old Eastern White Pine Trees with a trunk that measured 12” or more in diameter for ship masts for the English Navy. This type of logging was common in the region. Another exhibit was Harvesting Ice in the winter. The whole process was explained. Third was also a display of early telephone equipment. Some was on loan from the New Hampshire Telephone Museum in Warner. Fourth was the whole room upstairs. It was mostly an old classroom and a collection of children’s chairs and toys. One corner of the room had an antique manual washing machine, a combination manual washboard and wringer for laundry, plus old irons. There were books for sale. One was a famous regional book titled Down the Mast Road which was a historical novel set early in the American Revolution about logging The King’s Trees for ship masts and getting them down the Mast Road into the rivers and then down to Portsmouth. Many communities in the area have streets named Mast Road that date back to that era. Although not large, this museum has a lot of Lee history exhibits worth seeing. I rate the Lee Historical Society Museum at 4.25. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below. See more..
   
9. 4.0 Lee Church Congregational (1 review)
   - TOWN OF LEE’S HISTORIC CHURCH
   Churches & Cathedrals
   
   
   The Town of Lee has had a meetinghouse since the early 1700’s. The present-day church was built in 1861 and became the Congregational church in 1867. When I stopped by for a visit, I noticed that the building has a few distinguishing features. First were the cornice returns on the roofline. Next, I noticed the banisters around the open belfry. I also noticed the semicircular fan-shaped panel over the front door in the tower which I believed might be a vent. Then, I noticed the tall, narrow windows that had sort of a plain Italianate look to them. I thought it was pretty white clapboard country church. I rate Lee Church Congregational at 4.25. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below. See more..
   
10. 4.0 Little River Park & Fields (1 review)
    - LARGE WELL-KEPT RECREATIONAL PARK
    Parks
    During the reopening phase of the COVID-19 time, there still wasn’t much open so parks were popular for people to get some outdoor activity. One day when I was in Lee, I went to the Little River Park & Fields. I was surprised to see the size of it as Lee is a small town population-wise. The park had a large parking area, a sizable baseball diamond, a big multi-use field, basketball hoops that were in use by a group of four teenagers, a sizable picnic area under the Randy Stevens Pavilion, a large sandbox for the youngsters complete with plastic toy trucks and bulldozers, a wooden footbridge near the play area, and three walking trails. After walking around to check out all the sections of the park, I did some walking on the Forest Loop Trail which had a sign that said dogs were allowed. The trail started off gong up a hill. It was a dirt surface with some gravel that was pretty even. The trees provided shade. That kept the trail a bit cooler on a warm day. I enjoyed my trek there. Another trail named the Ridge Trail started off adjacent to the Forest Loop Trail. That looked pretty level. The third trail was the River Trail. That was over on the other side of the fields. I thought that the picnic pavilion was nicer than a lot of others I’ve seen in larger towns and cities in the area. I rate Little River Park & Fields at 4.50. If you found this review helpful, please click THANK below. See more..