Craney Hill Fire Tower – Henniker
| Date: | 1-19-2025 |
| Location: | Henniker, NH |
| Distance: | .95 mi |
| Elevation Gain: | 190′ |
| Total Time: | 0 hr 31 min |
| Parking: | 2+ cars |
Craney Hill is a small side hill to Pats Peak. This fire tower seemed like an easy one to visit since I was feeling a little under the weather but still needed to get some fresh air. The trail head is located on Craney Hill Road. A steep side road just before Pats Peak.
The trail head has a pull off on the opposite side of the road. The trail itself looks like a gated class 6 road.
I stared up the trail past some houses on the right. The trail is easy to moderate. Towards the top it started to level out a bit.
As I made my way up there was a small level area to the side that looked like had some communication equipment at some point. There were a few artifacts laying around.
From here I could see a giant communication tower and a much shorter fire tower to the right.
As I got a little closer, I noticed that access to the tower was not available. They had the first floor gated and locked. This was a bit of a bummer. I took a few more pics and started heading back down.
This was a quick and easy tower to visit. The whole out and back was less than a mile. I’ll have to look and see if there is a time the tower is open. Maybe in the fall.
