Great Hill

It was a completely perfect day for hiking. I had my boys +1 with me today, so we opted for 2 relatively easy walks. I will call them walks, as the first was super short and the second was a paved/gravel driveway. We went to Great Hill first. It is on the NH Fire Tower list. There are a couple of ways of reaching the tower, we opted for the snowmobile trail beginning at the intersection of Great Hill Road and Hemenway Road in Tamworth, NH. There is a small parking area, enough for a few cars. A kiosk indicates where the trail heads into the woods. Follow this for 0.2 miles, the trail you are on continues straight, another heads off to the left. The only indicator was an orange snowmobile arrow on a tree, there are no other signs/ blazes on this trail. Take the left and follow another 0.3 miles to the tower. The road will pass an abandoned Scout cabin as it turns right. The summit itself is obstructed by trees, but climbing the tower will give you amazing views in all directions. The tower itself is no longer used as a fire tower, but the cabin is maintained for hikers with signage indicating which mountains you are looking at. Massive bang for your buck on this quick and easy walk.

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