After taking a hike around Echo Lake State Park, we drove up and up and up to Cathedral Ledge. It's a beautiful place that overlooks the entire area and even the Echo Lake far below. This is an area where there are rock climbers, so it's about as scenic as you can have.

For all the time we spent travelling across the state and seeing some of its amazing natural assets of the White Mountains, we had not got to see a great vista. Before our dinner in North Conway, I had planned to visit this attraction, and it was an impressive view. It was 5:45 when we arrived and the Ledge was in full shadow; however, the view is front of us was an incredible undulating field of green bathed in sunshine. We got plenty of pictures which were amazing looking both north toward the Presidential Range and east towards Maine. While we on the rocks were in the shade, the views shooting north and east were great for pictures. I will say we did somewhat cheat driving to the upper parking lot adjacent to the view; however, I did not see anyone hiking here. We did see several people riding bikes up and even some rock climbing the ledge. While rock climbing is not my thing, this appears to be an incredible place to do in New Hampshire. Apparently, the granite walls below the view are a 500-foot drop so the view is amazing. For us, travelling from Vermont to the next day in Maine at Acadia, this was a great way to end our day and time in New Hampshire.

We drove to the top of 700-foot Cathedral Ledge. Wonderful views across the Saco River Valley to the White Mountains. The fall colors were on display across the valley. The cliff was so sheer. There were several groups of rock climbers rappelling down or climbing up. Certainly not for us, but fascinating to watch.