Durham, NH Road Trips
Plan drives from Durham, NH with practical route pages for distance, drive time, fuel cost, road character, and places to stop along the way.
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Trip Routes
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Longest Drive
87.4 mi
Keene, NH
Quickest Drive
2h 12m
Keene, NH
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Durham, NH by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
10,577
Median Income
$109,934
Median Home Value
$451,000
Median Age
20.0
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Durham, NH
Durham is a town in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire. Durham is the home of the University of New Hampshire. Because of the size of the University campus (around 15,000 students) and the small size of the town itself, most of Durham's character is a result of its longstanding relationship with the college community.
1 University of New Hampshire, 1 College Rd, ☏ +1 603 862-1234. (updated Oct 2022)
Young's Restaurant and Coffee Shop, 48 Main St, ☏ +1 603 868-2688.
1 Durham station, 601 West Main Street. The stop in Durham is on the University of New Hampshire's campus, and provides easy access to local transportation. The service is popular with students of the University, who frequently use it to travel to and from Boston. (updated Oct 2023) Amtrak, ☏ +1 215-856-7924, toll-free: +1-800-872-7245. Operates train service around the United States of America. (updated Mar 2022) Route stopping at Durham: Downeaster operating five or six trains in each direction daily between Brunswick and Boston with stops Freeport, Portland, Old Orchard Beach (seasonal), Saco, Wells, Dover, Durham, Exeter, Haverhill, and Woburn. UNH Wildcat Transportation, +1 603-862-2328. Wildcat Transit is a bus service operated by the University of New Hampshire that runs buses from its campus to Dover, Newmarket and Portsmouth. The buses are clean and generally on time, and cost $1 for each ride. It's important to check their operating schedule as during school holidays (including the entire summer!) The buses run on a greatly reduced schedule, since they are partially student funded. Durham is accessible by Rt 4, which runs from Concord to the seacoast, intersecting both interstate 93 and interstate 95.
Downtown Durham, with includes the vast majority of businesses, and the University campus, is designed for easy walking, with lots of sidewalks and crosswalks. Drivers in the area are generally watchful for pedestrians since there are usually lots of them.
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