NH-Bradford+Bog


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Merrimack County
Bradford =Bradford Bog= Bradford, New Hampshire 03221 Bradford Bog webpage Bradford Bog map

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Bradford Bog, Bradford
Coordinates: 43.1972181, -72.0096297 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Bradford Bog
Located in a secluded area of central New Hampshire, Bradford Bog affords the rewards of silence and solitude in addition to an up-close view of one of the state’s northernmost Atlantic white cedar swamps. A variety of natural community types occur at Bradford Bog, and some of them, like the inland Atlantic white cedar swamp itself, are considered exemplary. From the trailhead south of the road, a boardwalk leads through densely forested swamp out to a small wooden observation tower overlooking an exemplary medium level fen system. Atlantic white cedar, hemlock, and spruce are all common in the forest, whereas black spruce and larch are the dominant trees out on the semi-open peatland. Several species of showy wildflowers bloom along the trail in the spring and early summer.

From NH-9 in Hillsborough, go northwest on Hillsborough Center and East Washington Roads about 9 miles to East Washington, the northeast on East Washington Road about half a mile. Park on the right and take the trail into the swamp. Along the way, several faint, unmarked side trails spur off into the dark cedar swamp. These are well worth the short excursion as here you will see an even lusher forest floor of mosses and decaying cedar trunks. The distance one-way is approximately a quarter of a mile.

Landowner: Town of Bradford From Bradford Bog webpage

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