Join us for a guided visit to our Mayor-Niles & Britton Forests on the northwest slope of Moose Mountain. We’ll share the story of their protection, their ecological importance and relevance to the climate crisis, and send you home with a trail guide to each.
Meet: Trailhead at the end of Iby Rd, Hanover, NH
Leader: Adair Mulligan
Level: Moderate
Registration for the hike is encouraged: register here!
Join us for a guided visit to the 113-acre Greensboro Ridge Natural Area. We’ll share the story of its protection, its ecological importance and relevance to the climate crisis, and send you home with a trail guide.
Meet: Parking area at the top of Velvet Rocks Drive off Greensboro Road.
Leader: Gail McPeek
Level: Easy to moderate.
Help us know who’s coming: pre-register here!
Join the Trust for Public Land, Town of Hanover, Hanover Conservancy, and Northern Forest Center to celebrate the long-awaited permanent conservation of these beautiful 250 acres on Greensboro Road. Park at the newly constructed parking area on the north side of Greensboro Road between #108 and #110. Feel free to carpool, walk, or ride your bike to the event. You may choose to park at Farr Field, near the junction of Etna, Greensboro, and Great Hollow Road, and walk to the event. If you need assistance with parking, please contact Sarah Erb.
Our celebration will be held under the tent in the meadow across the way. Rain or shine!
3:00-4:15pm – speaking program and light refreshments
4:15-5:00pm – walks of the property guided by Hanover Conservation Commission members: Hugh Mellert will lead an easy walk over a mowed path around the field loop on the south parcel. Whit Spaulding will lead a more challenging hike on the north parcel to the fen via a rough trail with some bushwhacking.
Watch this space for updates and in case of rain for alternate location information.
Check out our Mink Brook Community Forest Page for more information!
Join leader Gail McPeek this Saturday for a pop-up snowshoe hike on Huntington Hill, limited to 9 participants. Registration is required, please sign up here! Registrants will receive an email with the meeting location.
Snowshoes available to borrow. Masks required- please BYO. The route has no steep slopes, but with this fresh, deep snow, the hike will likely be moderately strenuous.
Hikers and hunters, please note that the woods will be busier than normal this Sunday, October 14th.
Both the 5- and 7-mile hiking routes for the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD) HERO event wind their way through the Mink Brook Nature Preserve. Volunteers will be directing HERO hikers at major junctions from approximately 10-2.
Our annual moonlight hike is slated for 5-8pm, to prowl the Slade Brook watershed by the light of the waxing, gibbous moon and then gather around a bonfire. Headlamps and snowshoes are advised; extra snowshoes available. A great trip for families with children 7 and up. Meet at 11 Old Lyme Road. We hope the weather will clear out in time – for questions, call leader Hugh Mellert at 646-3903 (office) or 643-7778.
