Currier & Ives Trail

The Currier & Ives Scenic Byway winds 40 miles through five central New Hampshire towns: Henniker, Hopkinton, Warner, Webster, and Salisbury. It's named for the 19th-century printmakers whose idealized rural New England scenes could have been sketched along this route. New Hampshire first designated the road in 1976 as one of several 'Yankee Trails' created for the American Bicentennial, then formalized it as a state Scenic and Cultural Byway in 1994. Along the way, travelers can count historic covered bridges, paddle the Contoocook or Blackwater rivers, hike in Rollins State Park, or stop at roadside orchards to pick apples. The route is bookended by two nationally significant birthplaces: Daniel Webster's boyhood home and the Franklin Pierce Homestead, childhood residence of the only U.S. president from New Hampshire. In Hopkinton, two historic covered bridges, the annual Hopkinton State Fair, and a Colonial-era Main Street lined with period homes surround a town hall that briefly served as New Hampshire's state capital.

• 40 miles through 5 central NH towns
• State Scenic & Cultural Byway since 1994
• Daniel Webster's birthplace
• Franklin Pierce Homestead
• Hopkinton's covered bridges & State Fair
• Contoocook & Blackwater rivers