Mt. Jasper isn't the biggest of mountains (1,584'), doesn't have the longest trail (only .75m), isn't on any major list (though it is on some lists, I'm sure) but it is a lot of fun to hike and has some history dating back 9,000 years.
I won't go into the historical significance of the mountain but this is a link to a paper by NH State Archeologist Dick Boisvert which explains all. Interesting stuff.
LINK: https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/documents/aena92mtjasper.pdf
If you've ever hiked Mt. Cabot and accessed it via Rt. 110 in Berlin, you've driven by Mt. Jasper. It sits to the north of 110 as you leave Berlin proper. Even though the trail is only 3/4 of a mile, we wandered about checking things out above and below and spent a satisfying three hours of exploring. A handful of pictures from our day.
A nice kiosk is located at the start of the trail with a large map. No mileages listed though.
Several informational signs are located along the trail.
Another smaller sign.
Lots of leaves.
Nice stone stairs.
We had a variety of weather today, rain, snow, graupel with a brisk biting wind blowing.
Chicken of the Woods, a quite edible mushroom.
Reaching the summit of Mt. Jasper, we had a front row view of the new wind turbines on Jericho Mountain. There are five wind turbines at this location.
The summit of Jericho.
A zoomed in view of the turbines.
Great views. Although on a clearer day, the views would be really grand. That's Mt. Forest (or Mt. Forist, your choice) off to the right
with the city of Berlin below.
A prickly sighting.
I won't go into the historical significance of the mountain but this is a link to a paper by NH State Archeologist Dick Boisvert which explains all. Interesting stuff.
LINK: https://www.nh.gov/nhdhr/documents/aena92mtjasper.pdf
If you've ever hiked Mt. Cabot and accessed it via Rt. 110 in Berlin, you've driven by Mt. Jasper. It sits to the north of 110 as you leave Berlin proper. Even though the trail is only 3/4 of a mile, we wandered about checking things out above and below and spent a satisfying three hours of exploring. A handful of pictures from our day.
A nice kiosk is located at the start of the trail with a large map. No mileages listed though.
Several informational signs are located along the trail.
Another smaller sign.
Lots of leaves.
Nice stone stairs.
We had a variety of weather today, rain, snow, graupel with a brisk biting wind blowing.
Chicken of the Woods, a quite edible mushroom.
Reaching the summit of Mt. Jasper, we had a front row view of the new wind turbines on Jericho Mountain. There are five wind turbines at this location.
The summit of Jericho.
A zoomed in view of the turbines.
Great views. Although on a clearer day, the views would be really grand. That's Mt. Forest (or Mt. Forist, your choice) off to the right
with the city of Berlin below.
A prickly sighting.