Lodging rentals near Exeter, New Hampshire

Winding River Campground

50 RV Sites, 6 Cabins, 54 Tent Sites

Winding River Campground in Exeter, New Hampshire, offers 50 full-hookup RV sites, six cabins, and 54 tent sites on the Squamscott River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Riverfront full-hookup categories at both amperages join standard tiers, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, beach, boat ramp, and jumping pillow. Fifty sites span 20/30/50-amp full hookup, 20/30/50-amp full hookup riverfront, 20/30/50-amp standard, and 30-amp full hookup riverfront categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The riverfront categories are the ones to request. Accessible sites are available. Six cabins and 54 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and golf cart rentals handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the summer, with a beach and boat ramp opening the river for boating, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. A jumping pillow, arcade, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, gem mining, a playground, pavilion, and on-site dining fill the rest, with live music and planned activities. Rockingham County sits on the southern New Hampshire Seacoast, where the tidal Squamscott, Hampton Beach's three miles of Atlantic shore, Phillips Exeter Academy's campus, and Portsmouth's colonial maritime heritage make one of the state's most appealing corners — and there is no sales tax. Summer is the season on the Seacoast. Reserve well ahead.

from $33/night

Bear's Pine Woods Campground

14 RV Sites, 3 RV Rental + Campsite Packages

Bear's Pine Woods Campground in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, offers 17 full-hookup RV sites on the wooded access road to Lake Winnipesaukee, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet behind a gated entrance. A 30/50-amp pull-through category joins a 30-amp back-in tier, with an outdoor pool, recreation center, game room, and nature trail. Seventeen sites run in 30/50-amp pull-through full hookup and 30-amp back-in full hookup categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple; note the 40-foot cap before bringing a larger rig. RV rentals round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a recreation center, game room, playground, walking trails, biking, swimming, and picnicking filling the rest. The dark Lakes Region sky makes for genuinely good stargazing. Pets are welcome. The setting is the appeal. The campground is surrounded by a state-managed forest and wildlife preserve, with a nature trail meandering through the pine woods down to Braun Bay on Lake Winnipesaukee — New Hampshire's largest lake at 72 square miles, with 250 islands and a shoreline that has drawn summer visitors for well over a century. Castle in the Clouds, the Loon Center, and Wolfeboro are close, with the White Mountains and the Kancamagus a short drive north. Summer is the season in the Lakes Region, with foliage drawing a strong late September and early October. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $60/night

The Arrival Bed & Breakfast

The Arrival Bed and Breakfast in Harwich, Massachusetts, offers boutique suites in a nineteenth-century sea captain's residence on Cape Cod, with on-site dining, a library, and WiFi, minutes from Nantucket Sound beaches and the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The property is pet friendly — uncommon among Cape Cod inns of this character. Elegantly appointed suites blend period architectural detail with modern comfort in a house built during the era when Harwich men sailed to the Grand Banks and the Pacific on the merchant routes that built coastal New England's nineteenth-century economy. On-site dining covers meals, a library serves quieter hours, and a general store is close at hand. WiFi reaches the property. The setting does most of the work. The Cape Cod Rail Trail runs nearby for cycling, Nantucket Sound beaches are minutes away for swimming, and a creek and the working harbor and cranberry bog landscape of Harwich's agricultural interior sit just inland. Harwich Port's village center concentrates the area's social and culinary life within easy reach, and a state park is nearby. Harwich sits on the elbow of the Cape, which puts both the Sound beaches to the south and the Atlantic side within short driving distance — a position that suits guests wanting to sample the whole Cape rather than commit to one shore. Directions: the inn is on Route 28, running through West Harwich. Arriving from off-Cape, GPS will typically route you off Highway 6 at Exit 78A (formerly Exit 9). A half mile after the exit, turn left onto Upper County Road, which merges into Route 28 at Dennis Port, then continue along Route 28. Summer is peak on the Cape by a wide margin. Reserve well ahead for July and August, and expect strong shoulder-season demand in September.