Wapack Wilderness

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Map of the Wapack Wilderness and surrounding area

The Wapack Wilderness is a 1,400-acre (6 km²) tract of forest in the towns of Rindge and New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The land is owned by the Hampshire Country School, a small, private school for students who do not thrive in traditional settings. It abuts Binney Pond Natural Area and land conserved by the New England Forestry Foundation[1]. Watatic Mountain Wildlife Area[2] is two miles (3 km) to the southeast, and Annett State Forest[3] is two miles (3 km) to the northeast. The headwaters of the Millers River flow from the area, feeding into Converse Meadows and Lake Monomonac before entering Massachusetts^[1].

The wilderness contains more than a mile of the historic Wapack Trail and features wetlands, rare natural communities, rocky ridges, and old-growth forest. The area is rich with wildlife, including moose, bobcat, fisher, mink, weasel, beaver, otter, white-tailed deer, coyote, red fox, ducks, warblers, and salamanders.

Summit overlooking Binney Pond.

Hikers from the Hampshire Country School atop the summit of Pratt Mountain.

[edit] Notes

^ Poor, Eric. "Easement would protect 1,400 acres (6 km²): Rindge, New Ipswich conservation commissions each plan $50K donation to $1.4 million effort." Monadnock Ledger-Transcript 30 January 2007: 3.