Trip Details
Date: September 22
nd, 2019
Total Distance: 2.2 mi (via Garmin fenix 5X)
Total Time: 1 hr 11 min
Total Elevation: 745 ft gained
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To finish off our three days of hiking in the Great North Woods of NH, we knocked off one more fire tower from the
Fire Lookout Tower Quest Program. This one is a unique stone structure and is located in Weeks State Park. You can drive right up to this one, but we elected to hike up it from a lightly used trail.
- The Old Carriage Path makes a straight shot from a residential road to the north of the state park to the auto road that goes to the summit. You have to walk the auto road for the last 1/4 of a mile or so.
- The incline is consistent for the short trail until you get to the auto road. For what looks like an easy hike actually requires a bit of effort.
- The trails are not heavily used and slightly overgrown at times.
- The fire tower is quite unique and has a fair amount of character.
- The summit area has a museum in the old mansion, but we did not visit it.
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| I did not notice any active logging, but maybe it is happening a good distance off trail. |
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| The old carriage house on the summit. |
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| The old mansion. |
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| Sugarloaf Mt |
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| Mt. Cabot and the Kilkenny Ridge |
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| Mt. Washington |
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| Wild apple tree |
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| Here is where you leave the auto road for the trail. |
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| Some slight GPS drift while we were in the fire tower and had lunch. |
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