DRIVE YOURSELF
No reservations necessary: Pay the fee directly when you arrive at the Toll House; we take all major credit cards and cash.
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Duration: Approx 30 minutes up-bound and 30 minutes down-bound
Car & driver
Adult passenger
Junior passenger
(ages 4-12)
Toddler passenger
(ages 0-3)
Other Vehicles
ATVs / UTVs
(reservations required)
ATV / UTV passenger
Motorcycles
(passenger rates same as for cars)
Unlike any other driving experience
No visit to the White Mountains is complete without a drive on the legendary Mt. Washington Auto Road. First opened in 1861, the Auto Road is America’s oldest man-made tourist attraction. You’ll experience the dramatic beauty of the mountains, or the weather that Mount Washington is so famous for.
Earn the iconic “This Car Climbed Mt. Washington” bumper sticker!
What to expect on the “Road to the Sky”
- access to the highest summit in the Northeast in the comfort of your own car
- scenic drive through four distinct ecological zones
- 7.6 mile journey that gains over 4,000′ in elevation
- Chevron down Parking
- Park in one of our three main parking areas and walk up a set of stairs to the summit. Need handicapped accessible parking? Follow signs to the top.
- Chevron down What you'll find at the summit
- Summit Stage Gift Shop : find unique gifts and souvenirs that can only be found at this mile-high store run by the Auto Road
- New Hampshire State Park Sherman Adams Building: cafeteria, visitor information
- Your toll on the Auto Road includes your entrance fee to the Mount Washington Observatory Museum—don’t miss this educational opportunity to understand what makes Mt. Washington so extraordinary.
- Tip Top House: oldest surviving building at the summit of Mt. Washington, built in 1853, maintained by the NH State Parks, free to enter
- Terminus of the Cog Railway: operating on the Western side of Mt. Washington
