NH-Hoyt+Sanctuary


 * =Birding in New Hampshire=

Carroll County
Eaton =Hoyt Sanctuary= East Madison, New Hampshire 03849 Hoyt Sanctuary webpage Hoyt Sanctuary brochure and map

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 * Location**: From NH-16 in Center Ossipee, go east on NH-25 about 5.25 miles to NH-153, turn left and go north about 5.3 miles to a small parking area on the right at the south end of Purity Lake just past Horseleg Hill Road. Although the parking area is in Madison, almost all the sanctuary is in Eaton.

From Route 16 in Conway, go south on NH-153 about 10 miles through Eaton Center and East Madison to the parking area just past the south end of Purity Lake.


 * Birds**: Spring/summer/fall birding. Common Loons nest on Purity Lake and Great Blue Herons, Swamp Sparrows, Common Yellowthroats, and Red-winged Blackbirds may be present on and around the lake. Along the trails, all kinds of passerines are possible: Hairy & Pileated Woodpeckers, Brown Creeper, Red-eyed Vireo, Ovenbird, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green Warblers, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Hermit Thrush, and Red-breasted Nuthatch are just a few.


 * Description**: A New Hampshire Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, named for Edward and Gertrude Hoyt, who managed the resort on Purity Lake for many years, and whose daughter Ellen willed the 168-acre property to NH Audubon in 1989.

There are 2 trails--Yellow and Red--that wind through the uplands and lowlands bordering the lake and its shoreside marsh. The Yellow Trail begins at the parking area, and the Red Trail branches off it about halfway to its end.



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