It must have just started showing up today. I didn’t see it yesterday on the way up to North Conway and almost stopped to check it out. Can’t wait to use it on the way home tomorrow!
Yes - it's to the side of the Dunkin' (red pin in the screen capture here), which is back behind the Tilt'n Diner.
It’s not a rest stop. You get off the highway and go a short distance to it. It’s easy to get to, but very annoying to leave if you want to go back to I-93 or aren’t going toward Laconia.
I stop at the diner there on occasion. I usually just turn right and hook a u-turn at the next light half a block down. There’s a turn arrow and no no I-turn sign at the light. I find it a bit less risky than turning left directly, and not much longer.
Not a bad idea. That left is always risky/takes forever. I grew up going to the Lake every year. We have family in Laconia.
I wonder why there is only a single entrance/exit to this site from US-3. Additional one from NH-140 would eliminate the need to make a left turn into busy traffic to get back to I-93.
It was a 0 mile diversion because I forgot to fill in a spreadsheet cell. Just because I guess. If it's really busy and you don't have enough speed to make the left turn, there's always the option of right, right, and u-turn to get to a light.