We chose this area for a vacation home because Paul's parent's had been living in the White Mountains area and on return trips from visiting, we often would drive down Route 3 just to look at Newfound Lake and say, "Wouldn't it be great to have a little get-away spot here - it's so beautiful and peaceful - imagine going for a hike near the lake then coming home to a nice cozy fireplace?"
Paul's parent eventually moved to Bristol and his mom convinced us we should look for a place there. After looking at many run-down , low ceiling-ed, crowded cottage colony places, which was all we could afford on the lake, Paul's Mom called us to say she had our cottage, it wasn't on the lake "but just wait until you see it!"
We loved it the minute we walked in. The house had a sweet woody smell, the living room with the necessary cozy fireplace was perfect, and the house had never been finished so we could fix it up they way wanted. We could picture kids up in the loft bedroom. There was little noise from the busy shore road and lake. But we could see the lake through the trees, and we could walk down to Cummings Town beach.
The area has a great old-fashioned 50's-60' vacation feel, no over-development or huge motor boats on the lake. Shackett's grocery right up the street. Plus a nice little downtown area with antique shops and some great breakfast places and pubs. And all close to some nice natural areas we like to visit like Sculptured Rocks, Hebron Marsh, Quincy Bog and Wellington State Park. We were hooked!
Now it's your turn to love Wildwood Cottage and Newfound Lake!