Funeral Homes in Glen, NH

Facts about the city

Glen is an unincorporated community in the town of Bartlett in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The village is the home of Story Land, a popular amusement park in the Mount Washington Valley region, a resort area that also includes the communities of North Conway and Jackson.Glen is found at the intersection of U.S. Route 302 and New Hampshire Route 16, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the center of North Conway and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the center of Bartlett. Routes 302 and 16 travel north in a concurrency from North Conway and diverge in Glen. Route 16 continues north through Pinkham Notch to the communities of Gorham and Berlin, while Route 302 travels west through Crawford Notch towards western New Hampshire and into Vermont.The village has a separate ZIP code (03838) from the rest of the town of Bartlett.A microburst struck Glen in July 2008. Due to it only lasting about 5 minutes, it caused relatively minor damage. The damage was caused at Glen Campground in the northeastern part of Glen. No deaths were reported.

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History

The Conway Scenic Railroad, a heritage railway in nearby North Conway, New Hampshire Conway, operates a train to the town daily for sightseeing. Josiah Bartlett, the first chief executive to bear the name 'governor', a representative to the Continental Congress, and one of New Hampshire Hampshire's three signers of the Declaration of Independence, placing his name directly under that of John Hancock. The town has two covered bridges. Attitash ski area opened in the 1960s and claims (as does Bretton Woods Mountain Resort) to be the largest ski area in New Hampshire. It is set in the White Mountains (New Hampshire) Mountains, surrounded by the White Mountain National Forest.