About this city
Milton is a picturesque, historic lake-and-river town positioned beautifully along the winding Salmon Falls River and the expansive three-pond system known as Milton Three Ponds on New Hampshire's eastern border with Maine. Incorporated dynamically in 1802 following political splits from Rochester, the town flourished for over a century driven by water-powered leather-board mills, commercial ice harvesting, and railway trade. Today, Milton merges its heavy agricultural and early milling past with scenic freshwater boating colonies and progressive open-air living history farm museums.
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Suggested stay: 1 day
Tour the sprawling 1780s historic timber barns and heritage farm tool collections at the New Hampshire Farm Museum, rent a motorized pontoon boat or kayak on Milton Three Ponds, and swim at Town Beach.
