The Harbour Trail is divided into three sections, indicated on the map by the yellow, green and lilac regions. Each section begins in Market Square.

I. Downtown and the Waterfront
(1 mile, 1 hour)

II. The South End
(1 mile, 1 hour)

III. State Street
to Haymarket Square
and Congress Street
(1/2 mile, 1 hour)

English visitors settled along the banks of the Piscataqua River in 1623, drawn by the commercial potential of the region's fish and timber, and the deep-water port.

The strawberry-strewn river banks gave rise to the community's original name, Strawbery Banke, which was changed to Portsmouth in 1653.

The city became a regional center for trade and served as the capital of colonial New Hampshire from 1679 until the middle of the Revolutionary War.

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The Portsmouth Harbour Trail

Starting point (all sections): Market Square