Piper Mt. Traditional Geocache
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Cache is a large Lock'nLock at the view on Piper Mt. on Middleton Town Forest accessed through Moose Mountain Reservation of the Society for the Protection of NH Forests.
Park at kiosk at end of New Portland Rd (it may not be plowed). Follow these directions printed from SPNHF webpage:
(visit link)
From the parking lot, continue up the Burrows Farm Trail to the junction with North Road. Turn right on North Road; continue approximately 1/8 of a mile to a clearing off to the right. The Piper Mountain Trail begins at the far (south) side of this opening. The trail goes downhill, curving sharply to the left. Continue to a junction. Bear left at the junction, heading northeast past Bowser Pond (on the right). The Piper Mountain Trail ends in a T at the unpaved Piper Mountain Road, which circles the Middleton Town Forest. Turn right onto Piper Mountain Road; continue approximately 1/3 mile. Look for the spur trail to the right. The 1/8 mile spur trail leads over the open summit of Piper Mountain to rocky ledges with views to the south, overlooking a heron rookery.
The rookery is cool! I counted 13 nests and plan to spend some time here in the spring...maybe even lugging in my spotting scope.
At the website above, you may download a PDF of a map and trails of all 2375 acres. The round trip hike is 3.8 miles mostly on wide old logging roads.
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