Autumn foliage at Buxton Simons Preserve.

5 Hikes Challenge is Back for Fall

Hit the trail with your family, friends, or on your own for a do-it-yourself hiking experience. Hike just one or a collection of five trails located on Forest Society reservations! Registered participants receive a colorful Forest Society buff, trail maps with directions, and hiking tips. The 5 Hikes Challenge runs from August 31 to October 31.

Register for the 5 Hikes Challenge.
A green field at Champlin Forest in springtime.

Champlin Forest Needs Your Help

A new addition will create a 307-acre recreation area with an expanded trail network in close proximity to Rochester, Somersworth and Dover. By contributing now, you can demonstrate support for this project that will help us secure grant funding later this year. Please help expand the Champlin Forest and enhance this community resource!

Donate now to expand Champlin Forest.

Forest Society News & Updates

An aerial view of Heald Tract shows the wild apple trees that have been released on the property.

Forest Society Publishes 120th Annual Report

Ryan W. Smith
September 23, 2021

One hundred years ago the Forest Society had 12 reservations, today nearly 200.

Forest Society History
The marker was unveiled on a stone at the property.

Black Heritage Trail NH Marker Added to the John Kulish Forest/Welch Family Farm

Anna Berry
September 20, 2021

The Hancock marker describes the Due family and Jack, a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived in Hancock in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

Monadnock Region
Stewardship
Red maple leaves in foregroud with green rows of Christmas Trees in background

Guided Hikes Series Starts October 3

Anna Berry
September 17, 2021

Three guided hikes to get members outside and learning more about history, forestry and stewardship.

Forestry
The Rocks
Stewardship
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