State Symbols in NH

What is the State Insect For New Hampshire The New Hampshire state insect, adopted in 1977 is the Ladybug. Many think the NH state insect should be the Mosquito since we seem to have more of those than the Ladybug. The Ladybug doesn’t bite so we are grateful to have such a great state insect for New Hampshire!   Read more...

Old Man of the Mountain in NH Old Man of the Mountain, Aka “Great Stone Face,” or “The Profile,” was located on the top of Cannon Mountain within New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch. The Old Man of the Mountain has been an icon for the state of New Hampshire for many years. Even despite it’s fall in 2003, the Old Man Read more...

New Hampshire State Butterfly What is the NH State Butterfly? The New Hampshire State Butterfly is an endangered subspecies of butterfly called Karner Blue. The Karner Blue, or Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis is a subspecies of The Small Blue Butterfly. The Karner Blue Butterfly was adopted in 1992 as the NH State Butterfly but is rarely seen here in New Hampshire. Read more...

NH State Quarter The NH state quarter displays an image of an iconic enormous rock formation called the “Old Man of the Mountain” which was once seen on the side of a mountain in Franconia Notch, but not any more! What happened to the Old Man of the Mountain? The New Hampshire state quarter was engraved by William Cousins and Read more...

New Hampshire State Tree The New Hampshire State Tree is a commonly seen tree in NH. It appearance stands out among the other trees having a white bark. The NH State Tree is the White Birch.   Read more...

New Hampshire’s gold dome and eagle on top of the New Hampshire State House in concord NH has been an iconic symbol in NH for many years. A wooden eagle was originally placed on top of the 2,300 square foot dome in 1818. The eagle’s head was facing left, a symbol of war, the “War Eagle”. In 1957 the wooden Read more...

What is the Official NH State Sport? The official New Hampshire State Sport was adopted by the NH Government in 1998. The NH State Sport is skiing.   Read more...

NH State Flower What is the New Hampshire State Flower? The NH State Flower was adopted way back in the year 1919, which makes this New Hampshire State symbol the oldest on record for New Hampshire! It is even older than the state seal or the state’s flag! The New Hampshire State Flower is the Purple Lilac. The Purple Lilac Read more...

NH State Drink Does New Hampshire really have a “State Drink”?? YES! New Hampshire does have an official NH State Drink and it’s wicked good! The New Hampshire State drink is Apple Cider! in NH we do all kinds of things with Apple Cider. We heat it up for hot apple cider, we make donuts with it for apple cider Read more...

Voice of New Hampshire: NH State Voice Does New Hampshire have an officially named person for the State Voice, called “The Voice of NH”? Yes! The voice of New Hampshire was named on April 27, 2011 to the one and only Fritz Wetherbee! Fritz Wetherbee is an iconic person here in New Hampshire and is most famous for his segment Read more...