Seacoast Region has abundant and well-managed roads for travel by car

Auto Routes

Getting to the Seacoast by Car

New Hampshire's Seacoast is the state's smallest region, nestled in its southeastern corner. It is very close to both Boston, MA and Portland, ME, bounded on the south by Massachusetts, the north by Maine, and on the west by both the Merrimack Valley and the Lakes Region. Of course, the Atlantic Ocean sits right off the region's coastline.

Auto travelers will find this sliver of New Hampshire very accessible. I-95 runs directly through the easternmost part of the region, and U.S. Route 4 begins in Portsmouth and runs westward through southern New Hampshire into Vermont.

From New York City, Connecticut Rhode Island, Massachusetts and points south. Find your way to I-95 north. Travelers from Central and Western Massachusetts should take their quickest route to Boston. Take I-95 directly into Seacoast New Hampshire.

From Maine and points north and east. Take I-95 south into the Seacoast.

From Northern New Hampshire, Northern Vermont and points north: Take I-93 south into Concord. At Concord, pick up U.S. Route 4 east into the Seacoast region.

From Western New Hampshire, Vermont and points west: Take U.S. Route 4 east into the Seacoast.

I-95 is convenient to all the beaches and runs through Seabrook, Hampton Falls, Hampton, North Hampton, Rye and Portsmouth. U.S. Route 1 parallels the interstate even closer to the water, and closer still is Route 1A, which literally abuts the coastline.

Further inland, State Route 108 runs through Newton, Exeter, Stratham, Newmarket, Durham and Dover.