Madison Cascades
NOTE: This trail is closed in summer 2014 while construction on Madison Historical Society building takes place.
Marked trail, follow signs starting to right of Historical Society Building. Various wooded terrain gains elevation to a cascading brook.
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Railroad Tracks
Tracks travel through Madison from West Ossipee in the south to Conway/Albany in the north.
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Follow signs at end of Boulder Road, parking available. Marked trail to a spectacular glacial erratic granite boulder.
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Trails diverge, but are easy to follow for a level walk through pitch pine barrens.
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Photo by Nora Cronin
Gains elevation to ridge with views to south and west.
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Hurricane Point
Walk on path to site where E. E. Cummings sought poetic inspiration. The Hurricane Point Trail is a short trail leading from East Shore Drive to the tip of Hurricane Point bordering Silver Lake. The land was donated to the town in 1971 by Frank Kennett Jr and A. Crosby Kennett. E.E. Cummings partially wrote his famous book, The Enormous Room, published in 1922, at his tree house that he created on the property.
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West Branch Trail
Starting across the street from the boat ramp, pass through the woods along the river to Camp Calumet in Freedom (3.2 miles), or head east along power lines to Lead Mine Road (2 miles).
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Big Island
Canoe to west side of the big island at the north end of Silver Lake. It is important to avoid loon nesting area on the north side of the island.
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Hoyt Sanctuary (pdf of NH Audubon’s trail brochure)
Wide forested trails on the east side of Purity Lake.
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Goodwin Marsh Loop
Photo by David Riss
The trail is marked on the east side of the marsh and continues clockwise around and includes marsh plants, animals, and one bridge crossing.
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