Getting Here
Getting here is easy!
I-93 through Franconia Notch State Park
Main Base Area
2650 Profile Rd,
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34C
Aerial Tramway
Franconia Notch State Park
103 Tramway Drive
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34B
Park Headquarters
260 Tramway Drive
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34B
Exit 34A: The Flume Gorge, Flume Gift Shop, Recreation Path south end
Exit 34B: Cannon Mountain Tramway, Tramway Gift Shop, Old Man of the Mountain Memorial Plaza & Gift Shop, New England Ski Museum
Exit 34C: Echo Lake Beach, Lakeside General Store, Artist Bluff hiking trail, Governor Gallen Memorial Bridge, access to the north end of the Recreation Path (begins at Skookumchuck Trailhead off exit 35)
Additional exits: The Basin, Boise Rock and Lafayette Place Campground are between exits 34A and 34B.
DRIVE TIMES:
Concord: 1 hour
Nashua: 1 3/4 hours
Boston: 2 1/2 hours
Hartford: less than 3 hours
Providence: 3 1/2 hours
Montreal: less than 3 hours
Parking
Cannon has two base areas. The main base area at the Peabody slopes off Exit 34C, and the Aerial Tramway Base Station off Exit 34B. Both locations have ample parking options.
Follow parking lot directional signs and lot attendants when present.
Parking Lot Rules:
No pop-up tents.
No open fires.
Carry-in/carry-out trash.
Overnight camping/sleeping in vehicles is prohibited.
Overnight camping is only permitted in the Cannon RV Park (reservations required).
RV's and oversized vehicles: please see the lot attendant when you arrive.
*Subject to change*
RVs and oversized vehicles will be permitted, but spaces will be limited and you will have to see a lot attendant to be directed to RV parking if available. RVs will not be allowed in the main lot in front of the Notchview Lodge, Brookside "pods" or along the roads. Space to park an RV is not guaranteed. Overnight parking/camping is NOT permitted ANYWHERE except in the Cannon RV Park. Advance reservations are required.