New Hampshire events worth the drive

New Hampshire packs its event calendar the way it packs its geography — tightly. The anchor is rally week in the Lakes Region each June, when Weirs Beach fills with motorcycles for nine days and campgrounds around Winnipesaukee book out months ahead. The same small footprint is the real argument for coming with your own basecamp: from one campground you can reach the seacoast, the White Mountain notches and the lake towns inside a morning's drive, so a single well-placed week covers what would be three separate trips elsewhere. June brings the crowds and September brings the color; a trailer parked once can see both.