Stoddard to Harrisville on the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway

After some coordination my buddy Jack Straw from Wichita and I set out to hike a section of the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway. We would start on Route 9 in Stoddard and hike south to Route 138 in Harrisville where our buddy Eric would pick us up and bring us back to the car.

The sky was cloudy, and we had a good chance of rain at any moment. Much of this route is road walking but the first part was a wooded trail. It was wide enough for an ATV to travel. The trail followed stonewalls all the way up.

Just about the height of land we came to the first of many old foundations. This one was a cabin footprint of a Revolutionary war veteran. This seemed like a good spot for a cup of coffee.

We continued past a pond, beaver dam and crossed a wood foot bridge. We came upon another old foundation and saw a few artifacts. Shortly after we entered the town of Nelson, NH. We met a few residents near the church, and they welcomed us in for some snacks and water. We chatted for moment before continuing on.

The Nelson town center is cute. A couple of public buildings, library, church and a group of mailboxes. The trail took us up the hill on the other side of the common and up to the Nelson Cemetery.

After the cemetery we continued down the road and turned onto a class 6 road. Not to far in we came upon another foundation. I love that these old foundations are still intact. A ways in we saw a sign with a big peace sign on it. That was pretty cool. We came out at the end of Silver Lake and went down another dirt road that took us by Seavers Reservoir.

Here we took a side excursion to get some foliage pictures before continuing down the road. Shortly after we reached Chesham Road where we were going to meet our friend. We were a bit early but he already in route and just a few minutes away.