Barrington Con Com: Is it the Peach Orchard Trail or Green Hill?
I live in Barrington, NH, a town that really values its green spaces, and I’m proud to be part of that effort. Barrington has made it a priority to have new housing projects designate a part of their plan to stay undeveloped. For example, the recent Stone Arch at Green Hill project includes land at the top of Green Hill which is set aside for conservation. This site includes part of Old Green Hill Road (class 6). On Saturday, April 18, I joined the Barrington Trails group for a hike which started at the town hall, as this is a better spot for parking several cars than the top of the hill. Jack Gale led the group and shared some background about the land’s history and how it became protected. It was a good-sized group including some folks from the development project itself. We used the paved roads to walk up to the trailhead. As is common in Barrington, parts of the trail were marshy. We crossed a small two-board bridge over some very mucky areas and carefully stepped over Old Greenh...