About this city
Cornish is an exceptionally romantic, culturally legendary pastoral town perched beautifully along the eastern bluffs of the Connecticut River in western New Hampshire. Established painstakingly in 1763, the town achieved chilling international renown in the late 19th century as the absolute historic capital of the Cornish Arts Colony, a brilliant enclave of elite American master sculptors, painters, and authors led by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Cornish is globally unique for housing the single longest wooden covered bridge in the United States and maintaining an untouched, old-world Appalachian-style agrarian romance.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
Cross the historic Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, the longest timber covered bridge in the nation, tour the magnificent historic sculpture studios and Gilded Age gardens at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, and view tranquil river vistas.
