A local spot was almost named the best small lake town in America

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The nation’s greatest small lake city is in Minnesota.

A New Hampshire vacation spot was simply named runner-up to one of the best small lake city in America by Journey + Leisure.

Wolfeboro, N.H., was edged out by winner Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Journey + Leisure‘s listing of America’s Greatest Small Cities, printed on Tuesday, named one of the best small cities within the following seven classes: seashore, lake, meals and tradition, spa and wellness, mountain, desert, and wine, beer, and spirits.

We’re positive Grand Marais is gorgeous. However, in fact, we are able to’t assist however assume New England was underrepresented on the listing of greatest small cities. In spite of everything, earlier this 12 months, Bar Harbor, Maine, was named one of the best small city in America by U.S. Information & World Report and Marblehead and Provincetown had been named among the many greatest coastal small cities in America by USA At the moment.

However we digress.

Bravo to Wolfeboro. Right here’s what the publication needed to say in regards to the New Hampshire getaway: “The tiny city of Wolfeboro, N.H. — dubbed ‘the oldest summer time resort within the U.S.’ — sits between Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Wentworth and has been a go-to getaway spot since New Hampshire was nonetheless an English colony.”

Journey + Leisure lauded its “wood-clad Chris Craft speedboats bobbing by the docks in summer time, colourful ice-fishing huts dotting the lake in winter, bushes lit up gold and purple in opposition to the quaint New England village surroundings come autumn.”

To find out the winners, Journey + Leisure polled its colleagues and journey advisors after which “selected the locations we belive our readers will get pleasure from essentially the most proper now.”

The profitable cities have a full-time inhabitants under 25,000 residents, and supply quite a lot of actions and stays in addition to a well timed purpose to go to (assume: new resort, restaurant, pageant, and so forth.)

Try Journey + Leisure‘s listing of America’s Greatest Small Cities.