The Hancock Inn is nestled in the heart of the Monadnock Region of Southwestern NH, the village of Hancock was founded in 1779. Our New Hampshire bed and breakfast is named after the man whose most memorable signature graced the Declaration of Independence. The "downtown" area is meticulously groomed and maintained. Every building on Main Street is listed on the national Register of Historic Places. Instead of cement sidewalks, there are meandering gravel pathways leading from house to house. Everything is "walk able" here - the country store, the church, the town square, the beach, the grade school. . .

A short stroll down form the Inn will take you to the red brick Vestry, the white steepled Meeting House that is home to Paul Revere's #236 bell - which chimes on the hour, all day and night. Proceeding with your New England village vacation you will come to the town's original schoolhouse and the local cemetery with its untold tales and hand carved stones. Your walk will end at Norway Pond where children and adults enjoy swimming and boating during the summer and ice-skating and ice fishing during the winter.

In the summer weekly concerts are held at the town gazebo - just across from the Vestry.

The Harris Center - a nature preserve - lies about 5 miles from Hancock's center. There one can find a nature center and local trails ranging from "easy" to "difficult". About a half an hour down the road lays Mount Monadnock. There are numerous trails that ascend to the Summit - this climb is NOT for the faint of heart! The town of Peterborough is just to the south of Hancock. Peterborough was the model for Thornton Wilder's play "Our town". Today it is home to quaint coffee and gift shops. The MacDowell Artist's Colony is located in Peterborough, but is only open one day every year to visitors.