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Date: 2008-07-15 09:07:00.0
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Number of People Encountered: 0-10 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
This is an accurate description of the park with one exception, that is the average summer temperatures which are way off. The average daytime temperature here from mid-June to mid-August is in the upper 80's to lower 90's and extremely humid. Overnight temperatures are usually upper 50's to the lower to mid 60's, also humid. I live here in Winchester and walk the local woods including the park all the time. Mosquitos, black flies and ticks are bad in the springtime, do bring the bug spray. Ticks persist throughout the summer and into the fall. On hot, humid days in the summer you'll also need to be prepared for a lot of deerflies, I mean a lot. These bugs alone can ruin everything if you're not prepared, they bite hard and hurt, they itch for days. I haven't tried them but those sticky patches for hats look good.
On the positive side expect to hear and/or see coyotes, deer, foxes, ground birds such as woodcock or grouse, lots of turkey, possible little blue heron and a rare moose or bear. There are lots of turtles including snapping turtles near the water. These woods are teeming with red eft. Coyotes are particularly abundant this year. I hear them almost every night and have had two encounters so far this summer. There are not too many snakes but one worth mention is the milk snake which shakes and sounds like a rattlesnake but isn't.
There is an abundance of plant life especially in the low-lying areas, numerous kinds of wildflowers and rare/unusual medicinal, aromatic or edible plants such as Gaultheria procumbens (wintergreen), Mitchella repens (partridgeberry), Vaccinium augustifolium (low-bush blueberries), blackberries...and these are only the most common. In the spring there are Cypripedium (pink Lady's slippers) and in the summer there are Goodyera pubuscens (downy rattlesnake plantain), both beautiful orchids. Really there are so many plants out here it's worth the trip for these alone if you like plants.
All in all this is a great place to hike a Northern mixed forest.
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Date: 2003-08-04 05:12:00.0
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Number of People Encountered: 0-10 ppl
Recommendation: Highly
Nice fairly level woods walk. Took us 3 hours without many stops(buggy). Some interesting features along the way - ponds, bogs, streams. Enough up and down to get a decent workout. Bring the bug spray.
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Monadnock Travel Region - Monadnock Travel Region lies in southwestern New Hampshire amidst beautiful rolling agricultural hills.
New Hampshire State Parks - The state of New Hampshire has over 65 state park facilities ranging from historic sites and woodland picnic groves to beautiful sand beaches.
New Hampshire State Parks - The state of New Hampshire has over 65 state park facilities ranging from historic sites and woodland picnic groves to beautiful sand beaches. There is one National Park facility, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site and one National Forest, White Mountains.
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