The Town of Durham

Durham offers a full range of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors alike. As a true seacoast waterfront community, Durham offers a wide variety of the best in boating, sailing, fishing, and swimming. Make sure to visit Adams Point, a beautiful estuary located on Great Bay, where families and hikers bring picnic baskets and binoculars to spend a day enjoying the scenery, catching glimpses of wildlife (horseshoe crabs and great blue herons abound), and walking trails through fields, woods, and rocky beaches. And don't forget Oyster River Landing/Shipyard Landing, situated on Oyster River, a favorite spot for residents and UNH students to relax on blankets or at picnic tables. If you're lucky, you'll see the famous swans who make their home at the nearby Mill Pond, or spot great blue herons who stand at the dam in hopes of catching their food. Numerous parks and recreational areas dot the town, and through careful planning, features like bike lanes and trails are being added constantly to enhance enjoyment of Durham's spectacular landscape.

Wow, Durham is most certainly filled with an assortment of fun activities for 18 to 22 year olds! Haha, yeah right. Unfortunately for the most of us, Durham offers very little in concerns to recreation and entertainment. Yes, there are the numerous bars and restuarants, Libby's, Youngs, JP's and many more but no real places to just hang out, relax or chill or "Chillaxin" if you are "hip." At one time Durham actually had an arcade. This arcade was located on Mainstreet where JP's and Durham House of Pizza is located. It then moved behind JP's and DHOP due to the fact that they needed more floor space. Sadly the arcade closed down years ago and now we have another Pizza Place and a place to get our hair done, "Yippee." So if you are smart like most students, you find a vehicle, bus, motorcycle or car and leave Durham as fast as you can because the only things of interest that happen around this town are the occasional riots sparked by a Professional Sports Team Win/Loss or our own Beloved Wildcats getting defeated in the Frozen Four.

SO LET's LEAVE DURHAM NOW!

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