NH-Moeckel+Pond


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Rockingham County
Windham =Moeckel Pond= Windham, New Hampshire 03087

Moeckel Pond, Windham
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About Moeckel Pond
To reach this site, take a right at the “T” intersection just east of exit 3 rather than a left as described for Canobie Lake. Follow Range Road for 2.3 miles and take a left onto Marblehead Road. After 1.5 miles look for Woodbury Road on the right and take a small dirt road on the right just past it. Park in a dirt parking area a short way down this road on the left. A signed trail leads from here through the Deer Leap Natural Area. It terminates after less than a mile at Deer Leap itself, a fairly impressive granite outcropping with an excellent view of Moeckel Pond (a scope is useful). Alternatively, you could continue on Range Road to 3.2 miles from the intersection with route 111 and take a left on Princeton St. Turn right onto Simpson Street which quickly becomes Moeckel Road. Part of Moeckel Pond can be seen and checked from the bridge here.

This is a good area for waterfowl during migration, Osprey during the warmer months, and occasionally Great Egrets during the late summer and fall. Keep an eye out for shorebirds if the water is drawn down in the fall. Listen and watch for Red-bellied Woodpeckers and other woodland species along the trail to the overlook.

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