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The Seacoast Region is the small coastal region in the South-East portion of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It stretches 13 miles along the Atlantic Ocean from New Hampshire's border with Salisbury, Massachusetts to the Piscataqua River and New Hampshire's border with Kittery, Maine. The shoreline is generally very rocky and rough in nature, although a few sandy beaches have been created using jetties/groins.
The Seacoast Region includes:
Highlights in the region include:
- Hampton Beach
- Several state parks providing sandy beaches which people are alleged to swim at on the several days per year when the ocean temperature rises above freezing
- Odiorne Point State Park and the associated Seacoast Science Center
- The Strawberry Banke district of Portsmouth
- The submarine Albacore, once the fastest U.S. submarine, now beached in Portsmouth and open for touring.
- Wentworth by the Sea, a grand old hotel previously fallen into disrepair but now completely renovated.
U.S. Highways 1 and 1A run along the seacoast; during the high tourist season, these highways are extremely crowded with day tourists and seasonal renters. Compounding the problem is Kittery, Maine. a very popular shopping district with many "outlet" stores. Slightly farther inland, Interstate 95 carries the bulk of through-traffic north into Maine while NH State Highway 101 carries the bulk of New Hampshire's east-west traffic between the Seacoast Region and the inland bulk of the state.
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