Jackson Village
Mountain Village In The Mount Washington Valley Entered Through The Red Honeymoon Covered Bridge, With Jackson Falls On The Wildcat River And One Of The Largest Groomed Cross Country Ski Networks In The Eastern United States, Run By The Jackson XC Foundation. · Jackson, New Hampshire
A small mountain village at the northern end of the Mount Washington Valley, reached by driving through the red Honeymoon Covered Bridge over the Ellis River off Route 16. Beyond the bridge a white church, a few shops and a cluster of grand old inns sit in a bowl of hills, with the Presidential Range rising to the north. Jackson has been a resort since the nineteenth century, when painters and summer boarders came for the scenery and stayed in rambling wooden hotels, several of which still take guests. Just above the village the Wildcat River pours over broad granite ledges at Jackson Falls, a string of cascades and pools that fills with swimmers in summer. In winter the village becomes a cross-country ski town, with one of the largest groomed trail networks in the East run by the Jackson XC foundation, and Black Mountain, among New Hampshire's oldest ski areas, keeps a relaxed, family feel. Around the holidays the inns and the bridge are strung with lights. It makes a quiet base for the whole valley, with Carter Notch Road climbing to mountain views.
Main Street (NH Route 16A), Jackson, New Hampshire, 03846, United States
The village, the covered bridge and the roads are open all year at all hours. Jackson Falls is a natural area open in daylight, best for swimming from about late June to early September. The Jackson XC trail network typically runs from about December to March when snow allows, with a day-pass centre in the village keeping daytime hours; in summer some trails serve walkers and bikers (confirm). Black Mountain ski area generally operates in the winter season, often Thursday to Sunday plus holidays (confirm). Inns, restaurants and shops keep their own hours, and some close for a few weeks in April and November mud season.