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Monadnock Places of Interest

Here is a list of many of the Places of Interest on Monadnock.  This is a current, up to date, list of places with current images and what you can find when you hike Monadnock.  All of the images of the Monadnock places are shot from 2005-2011 (except a 2002 shot of the Old Toll Road and a post card shot of the old Halfway House hotel that burned in 1954).  The black and white winter images were shot in 2007.

The Places of Interest include current descriptions and locations.  A few locations may not be available such as Pumpelly Cave and Eagle's Nest to preserve these historical places.  Some places are off the maintained trails, and may pose a challenge to find.  An altimeter or GPS device, as well as a compass may come in handy to find some of the places below.  This page is for anybody who wishes to armchair browse all of the interesting places of Monadnock or is already familiar with Mount Monadnock and wants to revisit, exploring some of the Places of Interest can be a nice, scenic and interesting way to hike Monadnock.

Monadnock Places	Elevation ft	Location	Description
Ainsworth’s Seat image	2344	Cliffwalk near Lost Farm Tr. Jct.	Southeast View
Amphitheatre image	2690	Large Valley Amphitheater Trail goes around	Views along trail
Ark image	1220	Large Farmhouse on Dublin Road by Poole Road entrance	Now Bible a conference, built in 1808
Bald Rock image	2636	Bald Crag on South Ridge	Bald Crag 360 degree view
Bear Pit image	2180	Marion Trail near Mossy Brook	Open boggy depression in woods
Billing's Fold image	3115	Near Monadnock Summit, near Smith Summit Tr.	Fold in cliff rock
Black Precipice image	2698	Amphitheater Trail near Smith Summit Tr.	Cliff, South View,
Black Throated Blue Point image image	2311	Cliffwalk between Ainsworth Seat and What Cheer Point	Cliff; resembles warbler, South, East View
Brodeur Seat image	3042	White Dot Trail above Paradise Valley near summit	Southeast View
Brook's Homestead image	1278	Old Keene Road	Cellar hole, Hardwood forest
Bruin Cliff image	2873	Clff beyond second summit of Town Line Peak	Cliff, east views
Bunk Woods	1675	Pumpelly, Lost Farm Trails once fenced fields	Hardwood forest
Chamberlain Falls image	2136	Mead Brook, Dingle Dell Valley	Waterfall
Chute image	2639	White Dot, between Plateau and Old Ski Trail	East Views, Ledge and Spruce
Coffee Pot Camp image	2670	near Smith Connecter, 4 Spots	Ancient camp, Limited Views
Crag	2490	Overgrown between Monte Rosa, White Arrow	Spruce Forest
Dingle Dell image	2480	Valley between Bald Rock and White Cross Trail	Forested with views
Dinsmore’s Tavern image	2601	1825 Tavern near Smith Connecter, 4 Spots	Ancient foundation
Doric Temple image, image	2763	near Red Spot Trail	Most prominent cliff, east views
Dublin Peak image	3115	Second highest peak, near Dublin, Marlboro Trails	Bald Crag 360 degree view
Dublin Ridge image	2919	Long Northeast Ridge Pumpelly Trail follows	Ledge and Spruce
Dutcher Point image	2151	Path from Marion Trail near Mossy Brook	Southwest View
Eagle's Nest image		Northwest of Monadnock	Stone shelter, West View
Emerson Family Campsite		High level spot, south of summit	Ledge
Emerson Seat image	2426	Cliffwalk near Thoreau Do Drop Trails	Limited views, spruce, ledge
Eveleth Brook		Cascade Link, Gilson Pond	Vernal Stream
Fairy Spring	2333	Fairy Spring Trail	Spring
Falcon Spring image	1868	White Dot Trail Cascade Link jct.	Reliable Spring
Farmer's Seat image	2218	No clear trail, east of Dublin Trail	Northwest View
Fassett Brook		Follows west of White Arrow, Halfway House Trails	Vernal Stream
Fassett’s Mountain House image	2140	Ancient foundation, Fairy Spring Trail	Mixed Forest, Vernal Stream
Four Spots image	2600	Smith Connecter, Amphitheater jct.	Trail jct., views near
Garnet Spring	1900	Royce Trail	Vernal Stream
Gilson Pond image	1260	Gilson Pond Camping Area, Birchtoft Trail	Pond with Views
Gilson Pond Campground image	1290	Dublin Road, Upper Jaffrey Road, Birchtoft Trail	Picnic ground views
Graphite Mine image	2580	Below Bald Rock, near Cliffwalk	Open Mine in spruce woods
Great Spring		feeds runoff water at Parker Trail, Old Toll Rd. jct.	Vernal Stream
Hades Cave image	3120	near White Dot Trail, near Summit	Cave, technical climb
Half Way House image	2100	Halfway House Site, Hotel built 1868, burned in 1954	Southwest View
Half Way House Reservoir image	2200	No Trail to res, near Sidefoot, Halfway House Site	Spruce Forest, bush
Half Way House Site image	2100	White Arrow Trail clearing, near Old Toll Road	Southwest View
Hello Rock image image	2125	Cliffwalk	Southwest, Southeast View
Hermitage	2050	Private residence at top of Old Toll Road	Private, no trespassing, southwest views
Hunter Rock image	1715	Parker Trail, midway between Cliffwalk and Ainsworth Brook	Glacial Erratic Boulder, Hardwood forest
Inscribed Rock	2601	near Dinsmore Tavern, Smith Connecter, 4 Spots	Forested, Initials TD CT FW(orEW) 1826
Inspiration Rock image	2657	near Smith Connecter, 4 Spots	Bald Crag 360 degree view
The Imp image		near Cascade Link, near Pumpelly Trail	Rock formation Resembling a face
Jaffrey Reservoir image	1378	near State Park Headquarters surrounded by fence	Pond with Restricted Views
Jumbly Rocks image		near Purgatory Paradise Valley	Ledge
Kiasticuticus Peak image	2636	Inscribed rock on top of Bald Rock	Glacial Erratic Boulder
Little Mountain image	1875	Bald summit off Parker Trail by Old Toll Rd.	Southeast View
Lost Farm View image	2350	By Lost Farm Trail, Cliffwalk	Resembles a slide, South View
Maple Tree	1435	Tree Stump at State Park Campsite 3 once major trail junction	Mixed forest
Marlboro Ridge image	3000	Marlboro Trail	Bare Ridgecrest and spruce, N+W View
Matterhorn image image	2192	Cliffwalk, between Point Surprise and Hello Rock	Southeast View
Mead Brook image		Runs down Dingle Dell to Jaffrey Reservior	Vernal Stream,
Mead‘s Farm image	1456	Cellar holes in woods near Jaffrey Reservior	No trail, Hardwood forest
Mead’s Orchard	1456	Once an orchard at Mead's Farm	No trail, Hardwood forest, stonewalls
Monte Rosa image	2549	Major Crag on Southwest ridge of Mountain	Bald Crag 360 degree view
Moses’ Spring image	2100	Halfway House Site in ledge by Hello, Thoreau Trails	Spring, Halfway House Memorial
Mossy Brook image		Mossy Brook Trail	Mossy Vernal Stream
Mossy Falls	1981	Mossy Brook Trail	Vernal Stream
Mountain Brook image		Thoreau Bog source of brook, no trespassing at base	Vernal Stream, no trail, bushwhack
Mount Monadnock image image image	3165	Summit	Bare Summit 360 degree view,
Noble Trail Vista image	2540	Noble Trail near Cliffwallk	Southwest View
The Notch image	1825	Parker Trail pass by Old Toll Rd.	Height of land, hardwood forest
Old Toll Road image	1500	Former Toll Road now open for hikers at Route 124	Winter Views along road
Paradise Valley image	2850	Valley near summit by White Dot and White Arrow Trails	Forested with views
Picnic Grove	2100	White Arrow, Monte Rosa, Fairy Spring jct. now woods	Mixed Forest
Plateau image	2830	Prominent southeast shoulder of mountain	Summit View, Southeast View
Point Discovery image	2013	near Cart Path	Southwest View
Point Surprise image	2160	Cliffwalk	Southeast View
The Pool image, image	3000	South of Summit, near White Dot, White Arrow Trails	Small body of water above tree-line
Poole Brook image		Harling Trail, Hinkley Trail, a.k.a. "Ark Brook"	Vernal Stream
Poole Memorial Road	1219	Entrance road to Monadnock State Park	Mixed Forest
Porcupine Ledge	1200	Spruce forested ridge no longer accessible by ski trails	Ridge, spruce forest
Pulpit Rock image	2640	Prominence on west side Bald Rock by Hedgehog Trail	West, SW, NW View
Pumpelly Cave image		Near Town Line Peak	Views on top
Purgatory image	2775	Paradise Valley Trail	Ledge, jumbled rock and spruce
Quarter Way Spring		White Arrow Trail	Spruce Forest
Rain Shelters		near summit no longer on mountain	Former shelters
Rock House image	2415	Marion, Marlboro Trail junction	Ledge, west views
Sarcophagus image	2829	Looks like stone crypt by Pumpelly Trail near Spellman	Glacial Erratic Boulder, East View
Spooky Woods	1300	East of headquarters now logged and trail is gone	Forested and regrowth
Spring of Perpetual Youth		near Point Surprise, Hello Rock Trails	Spruce Forest
State Park Headquarters image	1420	Top of Poole Road, store, campground and ecocenter	Mixed Forest
Steps		Rock Steps built in 1861 along White Arrow Trail	Ledge and Spruce
Sunset Rock image	2150	Hello Rock Trail near Halfway House Site	Restricted West View, Spruce Forest
Sweetwater Spring	2338	Monte Rosa Trail	Spruce Forest
The Switchback image	2600	White Cross Trail near Old Ski Trail	SE View, Steep section of trail
The Tooth image	2574	Smith Summit Trail near Monte Rosa	South View
Thoreau’s 1858 Camp	2900	sunken yard on a rocky platueau southeast of summit", location uncertain	Unknown
Thoreau’s 1860 Camp image	2774	edge of Plateau near White Cross Trail	Southeast View
Thoreau’s Bog image	2773	High elevation 2 acre bog below Sarcophogus	Bog surrounded by spruce
Thoreau’s Seat image	2364	Cliffwalk	Southeast View
Three Quarter Rock image	2800	White Dot trail at exposed ledge on edge of Plateau	Summit, East View
Town Line Peak image	2920	High peak by Pumpelly Trail near Jaffrey Dublin line	Bald Crag 360 degree view
Tufted Spruce image	2170	Height of land between Pt. Discovery and the Valley	Spruce Forest and bush
Twisted Birch	1935	Down birch along Cart Path near Fairy Brook	Mixed Forest
What Cheer Point image	2300	Cliffwalk	Southeast View
The Weathervane image	2540	Monte Rosa	South, Summit, West View
Wolf Dens image	2561	Caves near Cliffwalk	Limited Views

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Places of Interest Page created in 2010 and 2011 by Frederick Pitcher.  All images by Frederick Pitcher except the Halfway House which burned in 1954 is a postcard image.
References:
"Mt. Monadnock Trails" map charted by George Parker laid out by Scott A Smith, 1910
"Trails of Mt. Monadnock" map by E. J. Harling, 1916
"Type Map of Monadnock Reservation No. 3, Jaffrey, NH" including stone walls published about 1920
"Guide to Paths in the White Mountains" AMC, Fifth edition, 1922, Mt. Monadnock, page 432-439
"Grand Monadnock, Walks and Rambles near Halfway House" map by Allen Chamberlain, about 1930
"Annals of the Grand Monadnock" by Allen Chamberlain, 1936
"The Trails on Mt. Monadnock, in the vicinity of the Halfway House" map by Francis Whitaker, 1952
"Monadnock Guide" by Henry Baldwin, 1970
"White Mountain Guide" AMC, 25th Edition, 1992, including Monadnock map
"Monadnock Hiking Trails" www.qcc.mass.edu/brink/qcc/monadtr.html, Wayne Brink

Use of the information on this site is the sole risk of the user.  The author is not responsible for the trails or anyone's ability to follow them.  In addition to the trails there are certain places in this website described that are off trail.  Anyone exploring Monadnock does so at their own risk.

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