New Hampshire - Great North Woods

A Bold Display of a Mighty Industry

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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 wonderful place to see the logging traditions of the Great North Woods come to life. The park includes a walkways along the mighty Androscoggin River, an outdoor amphitheater, a 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. 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. Freshwater marshland supports warblers, olive flycatchers, and rusty blackbirds. Cultural grasslands have the eastern meadowlark and bobolink. Mixed forestland supports warblers warblers. The Great Northern Boreal Forest has birds rarely seen elsewhere such as the spruce grouse, Canada jay, boreal chickadee, and Lincoln's sparrow. Experts at the North Country Chamber of Commerce in Colebrook are ready to offer assistance to bird watchers. 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

Great Waterfalls: Beaver Brook Falls

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Beaver Brook Falls fans out over a sliding cascade, then broadens and drops about 30 to 40 feet over a sheer and jagged cliff face before collecting itself and cascading about 25 to 30 feet more to the base. The terrain is very steep, and the dirt is slick. Unless you're very comfortable with strenuous and treacherous terrain, stay on the lower level. The falls are the centerpiece of a small park, just north of Colebrook. The parking area overlooks a well maintained expanse of lawn, with picnic tables and restroom facilities. To find it: From Colebrook, take Route 145 east for 2.5 miles. The well marked recreation area and parking lot are on your right.