Located in the Androscoggin River Valley in the heart of New Hampshire's Great North Woods, the Northern Forest Heritage Park on Main Street in Berlin is a non-profit trust that interprets the history of the working forest and celebrates the heritage of the Great North Woods Region. This is a wonderful place to see and hear the logging traditions of the Great North Woods of New Hampshire come to life. The park includes a three acre site with access and walkways along the mighty Androscoggin River, an outdoor amphitheater, a full-size replica logging camp, the Brown Company House Museum, and an Artisans Gift Shop. The park art exhibits, concerts, major cultural festivals, lumberjack competitions, special blacksmith demonstrations and special events. A fascinating and impressive exploration for the whole family. Open year round with limited programming in the winter. Phone: 603-752-7202

Bird Watchers Paradise

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This self-titled “bird watchers’ paradise,” the Great North Woods boasts five habitats for bird watching within one region. The pristine northern waterways have an abundance of nesting water birds, including the common loon, wood ducks, common and hooded mergansers. Freshwater marshland supports warblers, olive flycatchers, and rusty blackbirds. Cultural grasslands have the eastern meadowlark and bobolink. Mixed forestland with deciduous and coniferous trees support populations of bay breasted warblers and black-throated green warblers. The Great Northern Boreal Forest is a unique habitat and has birds rarely seen elsewhere such as the spruce grouse, Canada jay, boreal chickadee, Lincoln's sparrow, and black-backed woodpecker. Experts at the North Country Chamber of Commerce in Colebrook are ready to offer advice, referrals, and assistance to bird watchers who are eager to enjoy the local feathered inhabitants. Phone: 800-698-8939.

Call of the Moose

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Northern New Hampshire hosts an abundance of wildlife, including that gentle giant, the moose. Many guests travel to the White Mountains and Great North Woods regions of New Hampshire to see moose in their natural habitat. Moose Path Trail starts at Route 16 north from Gorham to Errol. Take Route 26 to Dixville Notch to Route 3 north to Pittsburg. This wilderness byway is ideal for the outdoor enthusiast as moose are often spotted along the drive. If you see a moose, keep your distance! They are large, wild animals, and it is important to give them wide berth.
Moose and Wildlife Tours are a popular New Hampshire activity for wildlife enthusiasts. The town of Gorham is host to a Scenic Moose & Wildlife Tour where there is a 95 percent guarantee of spotting some of the Granite State’s unique wildlife. Similar tours are available in the town of Lincoln. Guests take a two-to-three-hour bus journey through the White Mountains in search of New Hampshire’s gentle giants.

Fiddleheads' Artists Celebrate
the Beauty of Nature

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Fiddleheads -- A Great North Woods Shoppe is a place to find distinctive gifts from the hands of artists. The shop’s website celebrates the artists who produce the fine glasswork, jewelry and metalwork, and leather work, much of it celebrating natural imagery. Work on display at the shop, on Main Street in Colebrook, includes glass by Stephen Kitras, pottery by Smoky Mountain Potter and right Off the Batt Pottery, jewelry by Gardella, and more. Stop, browse, exclaim. Phone: 603-237-9302