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A walk through little-known David Dana Forest in Dalton offers a quiet escape in pine and spruce woods. Deer and ruffed grouse abound. A trail leads to an abandoned gold

Not far from the old woolen mills, shoe factories, and more urban areas of industrial Rochester are swaths of undeveloped land abounding with vernal pools, sandy flats, and remnants of a small 19th-century granite quarry.Across the street from the...

A recent purchase by the Forest Society of 122 acres will be added to the 185-acre Champlin Forest in Rochester.

Email address: O P I N I O N The Governor’s Inn and Restaurant in Rochester. Photo/Richard Feren Continuing our explorations in the Lakes Region, we headed to Rochester.  In addition to seeing all the roadside historical markers, we were also taking part in the Five Hikes Challenge sponsored by the  Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. One of the hikes was in Champlin Forest in Rochester. It was nice to take a peaceful walk in the woods, followed by a socially distanced vis...