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The Sargent Town Forest
is a five acre tract of land given to the town of
Pittsfield by Dr. Frank H. Sargent in
 1925.
The objective in constructing the Nature Trail was for
the education of the general public in plant, natural
resource information and in forest land conservation.
This Nature Trail under construction since 2000 has been
a project of the Natural Resources Committee which is a
part of the Pittsfield Conservation Commission. Many
local individuals and organizations have devoted hours
of work in planning and construction of the trail
system.
The Nature Trail System
consist of four trails on this five acre tract and on
the adjoining two acre tract owned by the State of New
Hampshire. The trail system is well graded,
signed and marked for ease in walking. Three bridges
cross streams that are on the property and a series of
numbered signs identify certain natural features that
are part of the forest. Trail guides are found in a
mail box at the beginning of the Nature Trail. The
Sargent Town Forest Nature Trail is located on Route 107
South, about 1.5 miles from Pittsfield center.
The following are scenes
taken on the trail system:
A couple of snowshoe
hikers on the trail
Bridge crossing on the
Link Trail
Beginning of the Upper
Loop Trail
Glacier erratic boulder
found on the Lower Loop Trail, left over from when
glacier retreated.
A trail bench for
resting on the Brook Walk Trail
The first bridge on the
Brook Walk Trail
Water cascade on the
Brook Walk Trail
The second bridge
crossing on the Brook Walk Trail
The upper portion of
the Brook Walk Trail
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