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A New Hampshire graveyard fall foliage tour is perfect for leaf peeping and Halloween fun.

The weekend’s storms may have knocked down a few leaves, but there is still plenty of bright foliage to view over the next couple weeks of fall. We’ve compiled a list of some of the best places in each of the 16 towns in the Ledger-Transcript’s...

There is just something special about spending time outside during a New Hampshire fall.The cool, crisp autumn air partnered with the beautiful colors brought about by the changing of the leaves is a sight to behold. As the time passes and winter...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 6/9/2021 4:13:10 PM Miller State Park’s auto road is scheduled to reopen on June 11, heralding the completion of a number of major improvements to the park. The 1.3-mile paved road connecting Route 101 to the summit of Pack Monadnock is a popular walking spot for locals and visitors. Over the past three years, local park users have been working with the DNCR, Eversource, and other state interests to devise a beautification plan for the park, to deploy in...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 5/24/2021 3:25:59 PM It took 10 years for Phil Mathewson to design his Hancock home, and more than two decades later, there isn’t a single thing he would change about it. After purchasing the property in 1990, it wasn’t until 2000 that the almost 5,200-square-foot timberpeg post and beam home was built on 109 acres of land that just so happens to be completely surrounded by the 36,000 acres of connected, protected land in the Monadnock region that is k...

Published: 12/28/2020 4:59:47 PM Several local favorite hiking and swimming spots remain closed this winter, after towns shut them down as visitors – often from out of state – flooded in when quarantine hit, cluttering town roadways, leaving behind trash, and causing overcrowding. State parks remain open, including popular hiking spots including Mount Monadnock in Jaffrey and Pack Monadnock in Peterborough. However, precautions to prevent overcrowding remain in place even now, in the off-se...

Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Published: 12/21/2020 6:56:34 PM The top of Pack Monadnock was unusually quiet during the fall migration period from Sept. 1 to Nov. 20 due to COVID-19, but the skies above tell a different story. During this year’s annual Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory, a collaboration between the Harris Center for Conservation Education and NH Audubon, a total of 12,032 migrating hawks were counted above the flight corridor that has collected important data over the last 16 ye...

Despite challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pack Monadnock Raptor Observatory was able to complete its annual tracking project in 2020 and reported strong numbers for a few different species. During the tracking period, which runs Sept. 1 through Nov. 20, participants counted nearly 12,000 birds migrating south from New Hampshire, according to the final tally on the Harris Center for Conservation Educations website. The Hancock-based nonprofit organizes the count ...

This is New Hampshire Audubon’s Rare Bird Alert for Monday, Dec. 14. During the Corona virus outbreak N.H. Audubon encourages you to enjoy birding safely; please follow travel and social distance recommendations from state and federal authorities. A Pacific loon was seen from Leavitt Park Beach on Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith on Dec. 13. Birders were unable to relocate it on the 14th, however a double-crested cormorant was reported from Center Harbor on the 14th. Thirteen horned grebes w...