Area Highlights

Cultural Events

Monadnock Music Series • Monadnock Chorus and Orchestra • Apple Hill Chamber Players • Peterborough Players • Actors' Circle Theatre • Andy's Summer Playhouse • Antrim Players • Temple Band • Amos Fortune Series • Monadnock Summer Lyceum • Monadnock Folklore Society • Community Theaters in Antrim, Francestown, Peterborough and Temple • Crimson and Grey Cultural Series at Franklin Pierce University • Raylynmor Opera • Concerts in the Park in Hancock, Jaffrey and Peterborough

Especially for Children

Adams Playground • The Friendly Farm • New Hampshire Dance Institute • The Peterborough Players - Second Company • Northern Lights Dance Theater • Children in the Arts Day which includes a Giant Puppet Parade • Peterborough Art Academy - Summer Art Camp • Kindermusik • Monadnock Performing Arts Academy

Peterborough Recreation

Peterborough has a swimming pool and its own beach, ballfields and tennis courts, and the Recreation Department promotes year-round activities including team sports, summer supervision and swimming lessons. Other communities offer similar programs.

Monadnock Region Attractions

Peterborough Historical Museum • Historical Societies • MacDowell Colony • Cathedral of the Pines • Shieling Forest • Harris Center for Conservation Education • Frye's Measure Mill • Sharon Arts Center • Peterborough Fine Arts • Peterborough Art - Academy & Gallery

Public Golf Courses

Angus Lea • Monadnock Country Club • Crotched Mountain Golf Club
• Shattuck Inn Golf Course • Woodbound Inn

Climate

Prevailing Winds - West
Normal Temperatures: Summer; 78° F, Winter; 20° F
Normal Precipitation:
Summer Rain 20", Winter Snow 55"

Parks

Greenfield State Park • Miller State Park • Monadnock State Park • Rhododendron State Park • Edward MacDowell Dam

Ski Areas

Crotched Mountain - Alpine Skiing • Boston University Sargent Camp • Woodbound Inn Cross-Country Skiing • Windblown Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing

Transportation

Main Highways
Route 101, East and West
Route 202, NE and SW

Airports
Jaffrey, Keene, Manchester, and Boston

Bus Services, Keene;
Vermont Transit Lines (Greyhound)