| Hiking Trail Conditions Report |
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Beech Hill (Carroll), NH |
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 | Trails: |
Unknown trail, bushwhack, road walk, skidder roads |
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 | Date of Hike: |
Sunday, January 1, 2023 |
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 | Parking/Access Road Notes: |
I parked at the end of Moose Lane (see Liam Cooney's description). It appeared that one could also park at the end of Blueberry Hill Rd. There are turn around's at the end of both, and as noted, some No Trespassing signs, but not here.
To add to Liam's comments:
As far as parking on Beech Hill Rd, most property is marked No Trespassing. Except, the property on the south east corner of rt 302 and Beech Hill rd. did not appear to be posted. There may be a home on the property, but it is located further down Beech Hill rd.
Another option I thought of was to park in the Ammonoosuc River Forest lot on rt 302. This adds a lot of milage, but maybe a spot to enter the woods can be located along rt 302. |
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 | Surface Conditions: |
Wet Trail, Standing/Running Water on Trail |
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 | Trail Maintenance Notes: |
Path marked with surveyors tape, see below. |
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 | Dog-Related Notes: |
Not so great due to houses in area |
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 | Comments: |
Had this hike in my sights for a while, literally, I look at BH every day out my kitchen window. I pretty much followed Liam's route.
Once I crossed the road at the Emilia’s Brook sign, I crossed the road and started bushwhacking over to another road. There was a path in the woods running parallel to the west of a road (road leads up to one home). I popped out and crossed the street back into the woods. There was a trail marked with lots of pink surveyors tape. I was wary of following a random trail, so I pretty much stuck to my direct route (a bit steeper), but kept crossing paths with the pink tape path. Summit is pretty flat, found jar, signed in.
I noticed that pink tape all the way to the summit, so I decided to follow it all the way down, and it does mark a trail back, in fact it goes all the way back to the road with Emilia's Brook sign. There are still lots of skidder roads if one wants to pursue their own route to the summit, but apparently the pink tape path is also an option.
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 | Name: |
CookiesOnTop |
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 | E-Mail: |
schwarzmc at yahoo dot com |
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| Date Submitted: |
2023-01-01 |
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 | Link: |
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Disclaimer: Reports are not verified - conditions may vary. Use at own risk. Always be prepared when hiking. Observe all signs. Trail conditions reports are not substitutes for weather reports or common sense. |
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