Free stuff
The grounds of a castle, two bridges, a trail over the river and a shoe museum, and none of it costs a thing. Street parking downtown is free on Sundays, too.
Free stuff, presented by your business. One sponsor a page.
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Winnekenni Castle and Park
Park with a castle
A real stone castle, built in the 1870s as a summer house. Walk the woods around it.
2.1 mi · 7 min drive View map Visit website
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Bradford Rail Trail
Paved trail above the river
Under a mile, paved and flat, with the river below you the whole way.
0.8 mi · 16 min walk View map Visit website
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Comeau Bridge
Bridge with a view
Walk halfway across for the best look at downtown from the water.
0.4 mi · 9 min walk View map
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Basiliere Bridge
Route 125 over the Merrimack
Main Street's way over the river to Bradford. Good sunsets, if you're walking.
0.4 mi · 9 min walk View map
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Historic New England Center
Shoe Stories exhibit, free
Four hundred years of shoes in an old shoe factory. Free. Back open November 5.
0.2 mi · 5 min walk View map Visit website
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Washington Street Shoe District
Historic district
Two blocks of old shoe factories, on the National Register since 1976. Look up.
0.2 mi · 4 min walk View map Visit website
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Haverhill Public Library
The main library
Warm, dry and free, with a clock tower out front. Use the Main Street door.
0.4 mi · 9 min walk View map Visit website
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Tattersall Farm
City farm with trails
A hundred and fifty acres of old farm with two miles of trails. Park by the farmhouse.
3.0 mi · 7 min drive View map Visit website
Another kind of day
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Date nightDinner, a walk, ice cream. Mack has done the planning.
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Tie one offPints, a patio, and a ride home sorted first.
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Hidden gemsThe spots Mack doesn't tell everyone about. Until now.
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Rainy dayIndoors, dry, and still worth leaving the house for.
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With the kidsRoom to run, then pizza. In that order.