NH-Bear+Mt.+Wildlife+Sanctuary


 * =Birding in New Hampshire=

Grafton County
Hebron =Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary=

New Hampshire Audubon Society
Hebron, New Hampshire 03241 Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary webpage Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary map

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Bear Mt. Wildlife Sanctuary, Hebron
Coordinates: 43.6820793, -71.8015838 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary
From Bristol: Drive north on NH-3A for 9 miles toward East Hebron. Turn left onto North Shore Road and drive approximately 2.6 miles (past Audubon’s Paradise Point and Hebron Marsh Wildlife Sanctuaries) to Hebron. In Hebron, turn left onto West Shore Road and drive .4 mile; the trailhead is on the right. Park on Cross Street, one-tenth of a mile north of the trailhead.

The 73-acre Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, located on the north side of Bear Mountain, is a relatively rugged forested property with some fairly steep slopes. The trail gains 600 feet in elevation from its start on West Shore Road (elevation 640 feet) to the highest point on the Sanctuary (elevation 1,240 feet), where there are views of Newfound Lake through the treetops. Although the Sanctuary is generally closed-canopy mixed forest, the effects from the changes in altitude can be seen in tree species composition as one walks up the trail: for example, there is a noticeable increase in red spruce and balsam _r at higher elevations. The Sanctuary was donated to Audubon in 1999 by Jon McKee and Joan Belden, both summer residents of Hebron. The property had been purchased 30 years earlier by McKee and his business partner, Rod Belden, for the purpose of creating a modest five-home development. Sensitive to the increase in development in the Newfound Lake area, McKee and Belden decided to forego their plans in favor of protecting the property as open space. They chose to donate the property to N.H. Audubon because the organization protects other lands in the area From Bear Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary webpage

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