Baby Flume, Franconia Notch - Located on the Pemigewasset River, a short ways down river from the Basin viewing area, in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire is another natural feature known as the Baby Flume. While not as impressive as the Basin or Flume Gorge, this little flume is worth visiting. Since the 1800s, people have been visiting the Baby Flume. During the late (and possibly mid) 1800s it was called the Young Flume, and before that it was referred to ...

Philosopher of the Pool, Franconia Notch - New Hampshire’s Franconia Notch has an abundance of interesting attractions. Located along the Pemigewasset River just below the Sentinel Pine Covered Bridge is a natural basin known as the Pool. Created by glaciers at the end of the last ice age, this basin is 40 feet deep and 150 feet wide; the cliff walls are 130 feet high. Dating back to the 1800s, this basin has been a tourist attraction. Guests of the ...

The Basin, Franconia Notch - The Basin is a 20-foot-wide (some say 30 feet), 15 feet deep, glacial pothole along the Pemigewasset River in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. It was formed by melting glaciers at the end of the last ice age; the combination of the melting glacier water and swirling sand and stones eroded and smoothed the bedrock. Nineteenth-century writers, such as Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), were fascinated with this natural wonder...[Continue reading] ...

Charles Meakin Royal Ironstone - This artifact (a piece of Charles Meakin Royal Ironstone China) remains in the general area of today's Flume Gorge Visitor Center in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. This is how the artifact was found; artifacts are protected and should be left where they are found. Based on the marking, this ironstone china was made by Charles Meakin at the Burslem works in England from 1870-1882..[Continue reading] ...

Earth Day, April 22, 2024 - Happy Earth Day from the New Hampshire White Mountains! Earth Day is an annual day founded by US Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Many consider Earth Day to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. And the purpose of this day is to celebrate and create awareness for the environment...[Continue reading] ...

Robertson Bridge, Webster Cliff Trail - Built in 2008, the 56-foot-long Robertson Bridge is dedicated to the memory of Albert Sargent Robertson and his wife, Priscilla. Albert and Priscilla volunteered their time to the AMC Four Thousand Footer Club, and Albert was one of the founding members. After Albert passed away, Priscilla remained involved with the club...[Continue reading] ...

Bridges, Pemigewasset Wilderness - Since 2009, three bridges have been removed from the Pemigewasset Wilderness. At 45,000 acres, the Pemigewasset Wilderness is New Hampshire’s largest federally designated wilderness. For one reason or another, outdoor enthusiasts not familiar with the Pemigewasset Wilderness confuse these bridges. Two of the removed bridges crossed the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, and one crossed Black Brook. The suspension bridge at the start of the Lincoln Woods Trail is not in the Pemigewasset Wilderness...[Continue reading] ...

Black Brook Bridge, Wilderness Trail - Built in the late 20th-century, this steel beam footbridge was located along the Wilderness Trail, just beyond the former junction of the Wilderness Trail and the Bondcliff Trail, in New Hampshire’s 45,000-acre federally designated Pemigewasset Wilderness. It crossed Black Brook (also called Bear Brook) just above the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad’s legendary trestle No. 16; built in the early 1900s, this trestle collapsed in 2018. The steel beam bridge offered an excellent view ...

Suspension Bridge, Wilderness Trail - Built in 1959-1960 (completed September 1960), the 180-foot long suspension bridge along the Wilderness Trail crossed the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River in New Hampshire's 45,000-acre federally designated Pemigewasset Wilderness. The Wilderness Trail utilizes the railroad bed of the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948), and after railroad operations came to an end, the suspension bridge was built to replace trestle No. 17; before the bridge was built, hikers used the railroad trestle to ...

Home Comfort Stove, Wilderness Trail - Seen above in 2009 is an old Home Comfort Stove made by the Wrought Iron Range Company in St. Louis, Missouri. This protected artifact remains along the East Branch & Lincoln Railroad (1893-1948) at the sight of logging Camp 18 in New Hampshire's Pemigewasset Wilderness. Today’s Wilderness Trail passes by this historic site...[Continue reading] ...