Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 14 sights is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Association near Brookline, NH. The route passes Pout Pond, Shattuck Lot, Beaver Brook Association Viewpoint and 6 more. It climbs 659 ft. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Hobart Hill–Proctor Hill, 14 sights
9.1 mi · ▲ 659 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 246–507 ft
Out & Back · Beaver Brook Association
Trailhead: 42.72859, -71.65109
Weather Aug 4: Clear, high 82°F / low 61° · precip 0% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:05 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Pout Pond.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miPass Shattuck Lot.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Tupelo Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Wood Duck Pond Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Jeff Smith Trail, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto French Meadow Loop, heading SW.
- 0.2 miPass Beaver Brook Association Viewpoint.
- 100 ftReach Hobart Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miPass Open Space.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Jeff Smith Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Shoen Road, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Brook Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Shoen Road, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Dan Smith Road, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Elkins Road Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miPass Proctor Hill.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Shoen Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old City Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Beaver Brook Association Pond.
- 0.5 miPass Overlook.
- 50 ftPass The Falls.
- 250 ftBear right onto Tupelo Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Hobart Hill.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.4 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 8:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Shattuck Lot–Pout Pond, 3 groves 4.9 mi · ▲ 374 ft
- The Falls–Shattuck Lot, 5 groves 5.1 mi · ▲ 351 ft
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