NH-Doe+Farm


 * =Birding in New Hampshire=

Strafford County
Durham =Doe Farm= Durham, New Hampshire 03824 Doe Farm webpage Doe Farm map

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Doe Farm, Durham
Coordinates: 43.1034896, -70.9372187 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Doe Farm

 * Location**: Bennett Road, Durham. From US-4 and NH-108 north of Durham, go south 2.1 miles on NH-108 to Bennett Road (opposite Longmarsh Road). Turn right and go 0.8 miles to a parking area on left just before crossing the railroad bridge.


 * Target Birds**: Spring/summer/fall birding. Scarlet Tanager, Blue-winged, Black-throated Green, and Chestnut-sided Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Great Horned Owl, Hairy Woodpecker, White-breasted & Red-breasted Nuthatches. Many other passerines possible. Waterfowl in the river.


 * Description**: An old farmstead that is mostly wooded with pine trees, traversed by a couple of streams, and bordered on the west by a railroad right-of-way and on the south by the Lamprey River. A trail map is posted at the parking area.

Tucked between Bennett Road to the north and the Lamprey River to the south, Doe Farm offers beautiful woodland trails that lead down to the river and its backwaters. Walking with and without dogs and x- country skiing are popular trail uses. Scouts help maintain some of the trails and bridges. Moat Island, separated from the mainland during high water, is left as a natural area, with no formal trails. The forests of Doe Farm have been harvested in the past, providing income back into a fund for maintaining the property. The property’s extensive river frontage helps maintain the water quality of the Wild & Scenic Lamprey River.

The property is named after Olinthus N. Doe who bequeathed the property to the Town of Durham upon his death in 1909. The Doe family cemetery and old cellar hole of the family homestead are located in the center of the property and are maintained by the town.

A gravel access road leads from the parking lot, past a metal gate, to a clearing that also serves as a log landing during forest management operations. The clearing is just north of the old cellar hole and cemetery. Several loop trails branch off from this main woods road.

The property consists of mostly upland forest with a mix of red oak, white pine, and red pine and Norway spruce plantations. The main section of the property is approximately 68 acres with extensive frontage (about 3,700+ feet) on the Lamprey River or its backwaters. Moat Island, accessible during low water periods, is approximately 15 acres and is completely surrounded by the Lamprey River, with over one mile of river frontage. From Doe Farm web site

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