Sunrise on Mount Monadnock
Half day
Start before dawn and watch the sun come up over southern New Hampshire from the granite summit. Breakfast afterward at the Dublin Road Tap Room or back at the loft.
Reserve parking ahead and bring a headlamp.
Adventures
Sunrise hikes, hawk watches, mill villages, summer theater and night skiing.
Hawk watch on Pack Monadnock Fall
September
Every fall, volunteers count thousands of migrating hawks and eagles from the summit. Bring binoculars.
Paddle MacDowell Lake Summer
Half day
Calm water a few minutes from the loft for kayaks and canoes, with birds and mountain views.
Foliage drive: Peterborough, Dublin, Harrisville Fall
2 to 3 hours
Chris's favorite fall loop, through the same hills you'll see in his 4K fall colors video on the Noone Falls channel.
Night skiing at Crotched Mountain Winter
About 25 min
The closest downhill skiing, known for skiing late into the evening.
Peterborough Players Summer
Evening
Professional summer theater in a converted barn, running since 1933. Book ahead in July and August.
Cathedral of the Pines
About 25 min
An outdoor memorial chapel in the pines with long views to Mount Monadnock.
Harrisville mill village
Half day
One of the best preserved 19th-century mill villages in America: brick mills reflected in the pond, and lunch at the General Store.
Keene's Main Street
25 min drive
A wide, walkable Main Street with shops and restaurants.