Please join the Chesterfield Conservation Commission and the Friends and Family of Tom Duston Celebrating the naming of the Tom Duston Trail (formally the Bear Mt Connector on the WMT)   Saturday, October 21, 2023  10:00 AM Meet at the trailhead on Plain Road.  The honoring ceremony will be held on the Plain Road trailhead with the option to hike …

Thanks to the design of Ray Dunn and his crew John Hudachek, Reggie Fleming and Paul Link, the Draper Campsite has a proper privy. Please continue to follow the use expectations (leave no trace including, no fires) but enjoy the luxury of a privy reminiscent of an old outhouse. Note: the cutting of the toilet …

Over the next few weeks Brattleboro residents and visitors will notice that the tower on the top of Mt. Wantastiquet is gone. The American Tower Company will be removing it, and in addition to the visual impact, the removal process will require the temporary rerouting of the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail over the summit and to the …

Thanks to Kim Nilsen and The Friends of Pisgah volunteer work crews, the trails through Pisgah State Park on the Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail are clear of the down trees and open for hiking !!!!

Hey rail trail lovers, there are a lot of trees down on the Cheshire Trail South. The Sno-Moles are coordinating a work party this Saturday 4.22.2023. Meeting at the plaza in Troy at 8:30 am sharp. The goal is to clear the trail moving north from Troy to Keene/Swanzey town line. Most of the downed …

Both the north and south parking lots are closed for the winter. This means there is limited parking at those sites. Be prepared for winter hiking !!

The Monadnock Region Rail Trail Collaborative (MRRTC) is working to create a region wide rail trail maintenance plan. The first step is to better understand who is available help, where, when, what type of work, etc. To this end the MRRTC has developed a volunteer input form, https://monadnockrailtrails.org/get-involved/. If you are interested in helping to maintain …

Please be mindful that due to the hot temps and draught conditions that many of the springs and water sources are dried up. Take water and collect with water filters when you can.

For one week this summer the WM Trail at the top of Mt. Wantastiquet which connects to Mine Ledge will be closed for about a week for the removal of the towers. Check in later, we will post dates when we know them them. During that time the trail will be open to the western …

Greetings all and Happy Summer!  The Swanzey Rail Trail Committee (RTAC) has a clean up event planned to be held on July 21, 2022 from 9:00am to 12:00pm.  Our objective is to clear drainage ditches from Mt. Huggins to Joslin Station on the Cheshire Trail. Plan to meet others at  Mt Huggins on the Cheshire Trail.Suggested equipment to bring: …