“Gilmanton’s Greatest Views—For Everyone, Forever!” Campaign Gilmanton Land Trust In Partnership With Five Rivers Conservation Trust Gilmanton Conservation Commission Gilmanton Historical Society View of Belknap Range, across Frisky Hill Tract, Rt. 107, Gilmanton (Photos: T. Howe, GLT, unless noted; All info as of 25 Sept. 2012)
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“Gilmanton’s Greatest Views—For
Everyone, Forever!” Campaign
Gilmanton Land Trust
In Partnership With
Five Rivers Conservation Trust
Gilmanton Conservation Commission
Gilmanton Historical Society
View of Belknap Range, across Frisky Hill Tract, Rt. 107, Gilmanton
(Photos: T. Howe, GLT, unless noted;
All info as of 25 Sept. 2012)
THE LAND: 4 TRACTS, 86 AC.
• Meetinghouse Pond (41.0 ac.)
• Rt. 107 Upper & Lower Fields
(21.0 ac.)
• Loon Pond Rd. (8.5 ac.)
• Frisky Hill Viewpt.So. (15.0 ac.)
& 14 READY-TO-MKT. LOTS!
SCENIC
1,050’ on Meetinghouse Pond
(Far, visible shoreline)
Rt. 107 Upper Field
(Loon Pond beyond)
Just a piece of the view from
Frisky Hill
(Photo: S.Smith)
Also ahead: “Information” mailbox w/
brochure & donor form!
AGRICULTURE43 AC. HAYLANDS
•Mgd. by 2 local
dairy farmers
66 AC. AG SOILS
CRITICAL MASS
• Land base
• Ag infrastructure
• Local food
Loon Pond Rd. Tract
Rt. 107 Lower Field, Loon Pond beyond
Keeping
tradition
alive--&
fields well
managed
Meetinghouse
Pond Tract
Meetinghouse
Pond Tract
• Managed sugarbush
• 42’ x 28’ barn
(Photo: T.Dombrowski)
WATER QUALITY
150’ on Loon Pond
1,050’ on Meeting-
house Pond
Headwaters of
Soucook &
Suncook Rivers
RECREATION
Meetinghouse
Pond Tract
*Snowmobile trail
*Walking trail
*Enhanced public access
* Adjacent Town land
* Guaranteed pedestrian & snowmobiling access
From trail’s end (Photo: T.Dombrowski)
WILDLIFE HABITAT
• 3-ac. forested wetland
* Beaver pond
& wetland
• Grasslands, mixed
forestlands, shorelines
Evidence of
giant
Prehistoric
beavers?
HISTORICALMeetinghouse Pond Tract
• Flax “retting” pond & stone structure
• Only one documented in NH! (& New England?)
• Jon Hall had the vision...
“Before”
& “After”
EDUCATIONAL
• Tours of flax site
• Linen making demonstrations
• Gilmanton School
sixth-graders
• Display of artifacts by Gilm. Historical Society?