Calendar of Events
Hikes
Vernal Pool Hike at the Horatio Colony Preserve
Join Brett Amy Thelen for a moderately strenuous, 1.2-mile roundtrip climb to a hilltop vernal pool at the Horatio Colony Nature Preserve, where we’ll explore the fascinating world of spring-breeding amphibians.
LGBTQ+ Community Walk
Join Hunter Kirschner (he, him) and Dee Denehy (she, her) for an easy stroll around some of the wild and lesser-known areas of the Ashuelot floodplain, with a focus on fostering LGBTQ+ community.
Spring Fungi Foray
Join the Harris Center's fungi fans John Benjamin and Susie Spikol for a late afternoon wander in search of springtime mushrooms like polypores, jelly fungi, and the famously elusive morels.
Fungi Foray with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club for a spring ramble about the Hiroshi Land, where we'll search for mushrooms, slime molds, and other fascinating fungal finds.
Fungi Foray with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to search local fields and forests for all types of fungus. Our adventures will be no ordinary field trips!
In Fine Feather: A Musical Walk on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Hiroshi Land Route 137, Peterborough, NH, United StatesIn Fine Feather is a self-guided musical hike inspired by birdsong. Prior to your walk, join musician Jazimina MacNeil and poet and naturalist Henry Walters for an introductory talk on the stories behind the music and poems, the biology of birdsong, and the ways in which humans and birds listen to and inspire each other.
In Fine Feather: A Musical Walk on the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Hiroshi Land Route 137, Peterborough, NH, United StatesIn Fine Feather is a self-guided musical hike inspired by birdsong. Prior to your walk, join musician Jazimina MacNeil and poet and naturalist Henry Walters for an introductory talk on the stories behind the music and poems, the biology of birdsong, and the ways in which humans and birds listen to and inspire each other.
Fungi Foray with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to search local fields and forests for all types of fungus. Our adventures will be no ordinary field trips!
Camp Chenoa Hike
Join Jenna Spear and Jeremy Wilson for a 2-mile, moderately strenuous roundtrip hike through the Camp Chenoa property in Antrim, with views of a magnificent wetland.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Join nature preschool educator Liza Lowe to explore the magical Goose Pond Forest trail in Keene. This is a perfect walk for little feet — and a great chance for parents, caregivers, and very young children to connect with others who like to explore nature.
Jaquith Jaunt
Join Brett Amy Thelen and Jeremy Wilson for an easy 3-mile roundtrip walk along the Jaquith Rail Trail, once the site of the Manchester & Keene rail line.
Fungi Foray with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to search local fields and forests for all types of fungus. Our adventures will be no ordinary field trips!
All About Jack’s Pond: A History Hike
Jack's Pond in Hancock is named after a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived nearby in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Join us for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike, where we'll learn about Jack's life, and how Black history that's been so long in the shadows is now coming to light.
Wetland Plants & Wildlife Walk at Norway Pond
Get to know the plants and wildlife found in and around Norway Pond during this walk with ecologists Jeff Littleton and Steven Lamonde. This event is part of the 2021 NH BioBlitz, a statewide project encouraging people to record species found on town-owned lands all over New Hampshire.
All About Jack’s Pond: A History Hike
Jack's Pond in Hancock is named after a once-enslaved African who gained his freedom and lived nearby in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Join us for a 1.75-mile roundtrip hike, where we'll learn about Jack's life, and how Black history that's been so long in the shadows is now coming to light.
Hiking Surry Mountain Preserve to Lily Pond
Join Denny Wheeler and Brian Bishoff for a 4-mile roundtrip hike to picturesque Lily Pond through The Nature Conservancy’s 1,300-acre Surry Mountain Preserve, located just a stone’s throw from Keene.
Hiking the Calhoun Family Forest
Join Swift Corwin for a moderately difficult, 3.5-mile hike on the Monadnock Conservancy’s Porcupine Falls Trail to a high point overlooking Bears Den Natural Area.
Hidden Ponds of the SuperSanctuary
Join Dave Butler for a 3.5-mile hike into Shadrach and Tenney Ponds, which lie between the Thumb-Skatutakee ridgeline and Nubanusit Lake.
Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish Along the North Branch
Join Stan Smith for a moderately strenuous hike along the North Branch River, following one of John Kulish's favorite hunting routes.
Easygoing Hike Along the Hiroshi Loop Trail
Join Miki Clements-Collier for a moderately easy 2-mile hike along the Hiroshi Loop Trail, with great views over Dinsmore Pond to Skatutakee and Thumb Mountains.
Post-Thanksgiving Hike around Otter Brook Lake
Burn off the turkey with Brian Bishoff and Denny Wheeler on this moderately easy, 3-mile hike around Otter Brook Lake.
Partridge Woods Exploration
Join Kathy Schillemat and Ben Haubrich for a strenuous 6-mile hike through the trails of Partridge Woods, with views of Nelson village, Mount Monadnock, and Nubanusit Lake.
Winter Tree Identification Walk
Join Mike Gagnon, forestry field specialist with UNH Cooperative Extension, for a relaxed winter tree ID walk. We’ll focus on branching, buds, and bark while the leaves are off the trees — and discuss the trees we encounter from both an ecological and economic perspective.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
Shattuck Winter Wander
Join Harris Center teacher-naturalists Jaime Hutchinson and Karen Rent for a winter wander along the wild edges of the Shattuck golf course. We'll listen for winter birds, search for animal tracks and sign, and more.
Winter Outing to the Crotched Mountain Bowl
Join Dave Butler and Ben Haubrich for a moderately strenuous, 4-mile snowshoe hike or ski on the rolling terrain of Crotched Mountain.
Mushroom Meander with the Morel Quandary Club
Join the Morel Quandary Club to look for polypores, slime molds, and shelf fungi, and get into likin’ lichen.
Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Calling all families with young children! Join Harris Center naturalist and animal lover Susie Spikol to wander trails, meadows, and the nooks and crannies of the Harris Center grounds in search of wild finds.
Hike to Stoddard Rocks
Join Denny Wheeler and Brian Bishoff for a moderately strenuous, 5-mile hike on trails and woods roads to scenic Stoddard Rocks above Pioneer Lake.
Moonrise Ramble for Families
Enjoy the moonrise, sunset, and early signs of spring at Fremont Field in Peterborough with Harris Center teacher-naturalist Janet Altobello. We’ll rove around fields, wetlands, and forest, observing changes in the land and air as the day turns to dusk.
