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Isles of Shoals - Rye, New Hampshire
Isles of Shoals
Route 1-A
Rye, NH

Marker Number: 18

Name and date established: Rye 1963

Description: About six miles directly out to sea, this cluster of islands abounds in legend and history. Before 1614, when the famous Captain John Smith mapped the rocky and surf-lashed Isles, early fishermen traders and explorers had a part in their history. The New Hampshire portion of the Isles of Shoals was listed on the National Register in 1980.

Location: Located on the east side of Route 1-A several hundred yards north of Wallis Sands Beach.



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