Troop 401 Hiking Club
Fall 2007 Schedule
				Roundtrip	Elevation
Date	Place	Trail Name	Nearby Town	Miles	Change	Difficulty	Comments
9/15	Pond Parish		Amherst	1.5	0	Easy	Beaver dam, marsh look outs
Sat.							and geocaching
9/22	Shieling State Forest	Boulder Trail	Peterborough	1.5	200	Easy	A multi-faceted, enjoyable walk
Sat.							through an intriguing range of sites
							with monolithic glacial boulders
9/29	Mt. Cardigan	West Ridge Trail	Canaan	1.5	1250	Easy	A fantastic hike for kids or novices
Sat.							Great views at the summit
10/5-7	NH Jamboree - Under consideration	4 mile backpacking hike	Gunstock	4			Researching suitable trail
		-will meet a camping merit
		badge requirement
10/14	Rhododendron State Park	Little Monadnock	Fitzwilliam	2	700	Easy	A climb through forest to a dramatic
Sun.		Mountain Trail					view of nearby Grand Monadnock.
							Boulder caves.
10/20	Mt. Monadnock	To be determined	Jaffrey	3	Depends	Moderate-	On a clear day there are unsurpassed
Sat.					on the	Difficult	100-mile views to points in all six New
					trail		England states. This is your reward for
							the climb. Summit at 3,165 ft.
10/27	Turkey Campout
Sat/Sun	If Wa-tut-ca, then Northwood	To be determined
	Meadow State Park
	If Onway, then Pawtuckaway	Mountain Pond Road	Nottingham	5.6	575	Easy	Nice easy walk to the firetower
		to firetower
11/3	Sheldrick Forest Preserve		West Wilton	2.75			Excellent interpretive point about
Sat.							the forest with challenges. Created
							by the Nature Conservancy.
	Chesterfield Gorge State
	Wayside: A Geologic Park	Gorge Trail	Chesterfield	1	??	??	A graded trail up and down a steep
							geologic rift.
	Adams Point Wilderness
	Management Area	Adams Point Trail	Durham	2	100	Moderate	A shoreline stretch along a scenic
							promontory of the Great Bay tidal inlet.
	Merrimack River Outdoor
	Education and Conservation Area	Les Clark Nature Trail	East Concord	1.25	??	??	A captivating exploration of the
							Merrimack River floodplain.
	Bedford Heritage Trail		Bedford	??	??	??	Winter nesting area for the
							American Bald Eagle
	Joe English Reservation	Hammond Brook Trail, Eagle Trail,	Amherst	3	200	Moderate
		Timber Trail, Old Brook Road Trail
	Mile Slip Town Forest	Mitchel Brook Trail	Milford	1.3	???	Moderate	Downhill to riparian buffer along Mitchell
							Brook. Built summer 2006 as an Eagle
							Scout project.
	Haseltine Community Preserve		Amherst	1.5	100	Easy	A blend of hills and flats traverse hemlock
							groves, open hardwoods and a most
							spectacular glacial erratic.
	Harris Center for Conservation	Hariskat Trail	Hancock	3.5	660	Easy??	A gradual climb to the summit of
	Education						Skatutakee with top-of-the-world views
							of Hancock Village and Grand Monadnock.