Discover Southern New Hampshire : AMC Guide to the Best Hiking, Biking, and Paddling

by Jerry & Marcy Monkman

• ISBN13: 9781929173150
• ISBN10: 1929173156
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books

Summary

More than 50 tour descriptions guide visitors and residents alike on hiking, biking, and paddling trips throughout the region

Author Biography

Jerry and Marcy Monkman photograph and write about the wild places of New England. Their work has been published in numerous magazines, and they are the authors of Discover Acadia National Park and Discover the White Mountains of New Hampshire (AMC Books). They live in Portsmouth, NH.

Table of Contents

Introduction	viii
Acknowledgments	x
Locator Map	xii
Map Legend	xiv
Southern New Hampshire: Basic Information	1	(10)
History	11	(7)
Trip Highlights Chart	18	(10)
Hiking	28	(74)
Fiat and Easy Walks	32	(12)
Balance Rock and Pillsbury State Park	35	(3)
Bog Mountain	38	(3)
Great Brook	41	(3)
Pink Lady's Slipper	44	(12)
North Pack Monadnock	46	(3)
Little Monadnock and Rhododendron State Park	49	(3)
Mount Pisgah	52	(4)
Oak-Hickory and Northern Hardwood Forests	56	(18)
Skatutakee and Thumb Mountains	58	(4)
Mount Pawtuckaway-North Peak	62	(4)
Pierce Reservation	66	(4)
Mount Kearsarge	70	(4)
Fire Towers	74	(15)
Mount Sunapee and Lake Solitude	76	(4)
Eagle Cliff and Red Hill	80	(4)
Mount Monadnock	84	(5)
Grand Monadnock	89	(13)
Mount Cardigan	92	(4)
Belknap Range	96	(6)
Mountain Biking	102	(58)
Tower Hill Pond	107	(3)
Fox State Forest	110	(3)
Eastern Hemlock-Under Attack	113	(14)
Mountain Road-Peterborough	116	(4)
Beaver Brook	120	(3)
Pawtuckaway State Park	123	(4)
Endangered Species in New Hampshire	127	(10)
Bear Brook State Park	129	(4)
Pisgah State Park	133	(4)
Stone Walls	137	(13)
Sugar River Trail	139	(4)
Newfields Rail Trail	143	(4)
Blue Job Mountain	147	(3)
Tracking-Reading the Signs of Nature	150	(10)
Plymouth Mountain	152	(4)
Springfield to Wilmot	156	(4)
Quietwater Paddling	160	(34)
Copps Pond	164	(3)
Snappers: Predators from the Murky Depths	167	(10)
Willard Pond	168	(3)
Manning Lake	171	(3)
Pillsbury State Park Ponds	174	(3)
Ospreys and Bald Eagles: Back in New Hampshire	177	(9)
Hubbard Pond	180	(3)
Grafton Pond	183	(3)
The Great Blue Heron	186	(8)
Pawtuckaway Lake	188	(3)
Merrymeeting Marsh	191	(3)
Sea Kayaking	194	(29)
Odiorne Salt Marsh	198	(3)
Portsmouth Harbor	201	(4)
Great Bay	205	(5)
Great Bay-An Ecological Treasure	210	(7)
Rye to Portsmouth	213	(4)
The isles of Shoals	217	(6)
Squam Lake	219	(4)
River Trips	223	(47)
Contoocook River	230	(3)
Anadromous Fish	233	(9)
Connecticut River	235	(4)
Merrimack River-Franklin to Boscawen	239	(3)
The Historic Merrimack	242	(9)
Nissitissit River	245	(3)
Lamprey River	248	(3)
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System	251	(11)
Lower Winnipesaukee River	253	(3)
Sugar River	256	(3)
Souhegan River	259	(3)
Mink and Otter: Fish-Eating Fur Bearers	262	(8)
Suncook River	264	(3)
South Branch of the Piscataquog River	267	(3)
Other Activities	270	(5)
Appendix A: Recommended Reading	275	(2)
Appendix B: Nonprofit Conservation Organizations	277	(2)
Appendix C: Lodging	279	(3)
Appendix D: State Parks	282	(2)
Appendix E: Kayak Outfitters	284	(1)
Index	285	(2)
About the Authors	287	(1)
About the Appalachian Mountain Club	288	(2)
Leave No Trace	290