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Hiking the 4k footers of Franconia Notch

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Discover Power of Parks SCA Interpreters Leave a comment

Emily Veh – SCA NH Corps – Discover the Power of Parks Interpretive Ranger If you’ve hiked in New Hampshire, you may have heard about New Hampshire’s 48 4,000 footers. The 4,000 footers are a list of 48 peaks that have an elevation of 4,000 feet or higher and prominence of at least 200 feet. […]

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Start with Parks: Lessons from the Trail

January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 4 Comments

01.20.15 “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learn­ing noth­ing in this triv­ial world of men. I must break away and get out into the moun­tains to learn the news.”- John Muir     For the fourth consecutive year, New Hampshire State Parks hosted “First Day […]

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Home of Great Spirit

March 31, 2014March 31, 2014 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 2 Comments

“I see the stanzas rise around me, verse upon verse, far and near, like the mountains from Agiocochook…” – Henry David Thoreau, 1841   1841 was one of many Mt. Washington trips for Thoreau, who knew of the mountain’s previous name of Agiocochook, a Native American word loosely translating to “Home of the Great Spirit.”  […]

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Coats over cardigans at Cardigan State Park

November 22, 2013November 21, 2013 Mairead Dunphy Leave a comment

With snow and wintry weather on the way, I decided to take a last minute hike at Cardigan State Park. Only about an hour and change away from Concord, it was the perfect afternoon hike, but it seemed that winter had already come to the area. When preparing to hike anywhere in the winter, it […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report. 08.22.13.

August 22, 2013October 11, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 3 Comments

08.22.13. “Comes the morning when I can feel that there’s nothing left to be concealed. Moving on, a scene surreal. Know my heart will never, never be far from here. Sure as I’m leaving, sure as I’m sad, I’ll keep this wisdom in my flesh. I leave here believing more than I had. And there’s […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 08.16.13

August 16, 2013August 16, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park 3 Comments

08.16.13 “The waving of a pine tree on the top of a mountain-a magic wand in Nature’s hand-every devout mountaineer knows its power.” – John Muir     I think I could read John Muir’s writings all day if they didn’t make me want to get outdoors so badly. It is typically why I only […]

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7 Hiking and Camping Tricks that are Good for Planet Earth

August 15, 2013August 28, 2013 Michele Cota Leave a comment

Because we are running for planet Earth this year, we wanted to take this post-time to share some fun hiking and adventure gear tips that make the trip more comfortable for you and are better for this world we all share.   Prevent Blisters with Layers If your feet are prone to blisters, it is […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 08.02.13

August 2, 2013August 5, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

08.02.13 “Not a few painters and poets of renown have been inspired by the mountain’s stalwart beauty, and it is chiefly through this physical charm that it holds the affection of a multitude of devotees.” -Allen Chamberlain, Annals Of The Grand Monadnock, 1936.   *Monadnock’s Weekly Report will not be published next Friday, August 9th. […]

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7 Favorite Hiking Trails in New Hampshire

August 1, 2013August 28, 2013 Michele Cota Leave a comment

We’ve decided that in light of another successful, extreme, insane Bear Brook State Park Trail Marathon organized by Acidotic Racing this past weekend that we wanted to share our favorite trails in New Hampshire for those who are more like us and less like the 168 crazy, amazing athletes that finished that event. Between all […]

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Monadnock Weekly Report 07.26.13

July 26, 2013July 26, 2013 Patrick Hummel, Mount Washington State Park Leave a comment

07.26.13 “That [Willa Cather] chose for her final resting place a plot in Jaffrey Center, New Hampshire, with a view of Mt. Monadnock, and that it is here she wished to rest under the inscription, ‘That Is Happiness; to Be Disolved into Something Complete and Great’, is perhaps her finest tribute to the region where her heart […]

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