COVID-19 UPDATE: The Harris Center is canceling or postponing all in-person programs and events through May 4. The Harris Center building will also be closed to visitors until May 4. Our trails and grounds remain open.
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January 2020
Easygoing Hike on Pack Monadnock
Join Lee Baker and Rich Taylor for a moderately strenuous 1-mile roundtrip hike to the halfway house site on Pack Monadnock.
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Winter Finch Hike
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of seasonal birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a 5-mile roundtrip hike through spruce country in search of winter finches.
Learn more »Cross-Country Ski Around Dublin’s Dark Pond
Join Tom Warren for a 3-mile roundtrip ski around Dark Pond in Dublin, followed by hot cocoa.
Learn more »Evening Snowshoe Around Howe Reservoir
Join Tom Warren for a 2-mile snowshoe around Howe Reservoir, where we’ll listen for owls and look for winter-bright stars.
Learn more »Trees and Tracks
Join forest ecologist Jeremy Wilson and naturalist Susie Spikol for an afternoon of looking at winter trees and the animal tracks found around them. Learn to tell the trees from the forest and read the stories told by tracks!
Learn more »Forest Bathing by Moonlight: Reconnect to Nature
Join Susie Spikol and Marilyn Wyzga for a peaceful, moonlit ramble. Taking our cue from the Japanese Shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing”) practice, we’ll open our senses through gentle yoga poses, deep breathing, “coyote walking,” and quiet reflection.
Learn more »Cross-Country Ski from Stone Pond to Old Troy Road
Join Tom Warren for a 2-mile cross-country skiing excursion around scenic Stone Pond.
Learn more »Rainbow Hike
Join naturalist Dee Denehy (she, her) and daughter Lily Denehy (she, her) for a 2-mile hike in a LGBTQ+ safe space.
Learn more »Stories in the Stars
The winter night sky is filled with brilliant stars and legendary constellations. Get to know some of them during an evening of stargazing and storytelling with astronomy buff Victory Novotny and constellation mythology fan Susie Spikol.
Learn more »February 2020
Forest Bathing by Moonlight: Reconnect to Nature
Join Susie Spikol and Marilyn Wyzga for a peaceful, moonlit ramble. Taking our cue from the Japanese Shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing”) practice, we’ll open our senses through gentle yoga poses, deep breathing, “coyote walking,” and quiet reflection.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike Along the Jaquith Rail Trail
Join Rich Taylor for a moderately easy, 3-mile roundtrip hike along the old Keene to Concord railroad line.
Learn more »Hiking Through the Decades: The Briggs Preserve
In celebration of our 50th Anniversary, we're offering Hiking Through the Decades, a four-hike series that will trace the history of the Harris Center's land protection efforts. Join Meade Cadot and Ben Haubrich for the inaugural hike -- an easy outing through the Briggs Preserve, one of the Harris Center’s earliest land protection projects.
Learn more »Cross-Country Ski on Old Troy Road
Join Tom Warren for a 2-mile cross-country skiing excursion on scenic Old Troy Road and the Brook Trail.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for a gentle winter hike around the Harris Center’s grounds, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers.
Learn more »Easygoing Hike Along the Jaquith Rail Trail
Join Rich Taylor for a moderately easy, 3-mile roundtrip hike along the old Keene to Concord railroad line.
Learn more »Following in the Footsteps of John Kulish at Robb Reservoir
Join Stan Smith and Vic Starzynski for a 4-mile roundtrip hike around one of John Kulish's favorite haunts -- the shoreline of Robb Reservoir.
Learn more »Bobcats Before Breakfast: John Kulish, His Book, and His Legacy
Join Susie Spikol and Meade Cadot to learn about the Harris Center’s first naturalist, John Kulish. Dig deeper into the life of this charismatic trapper-turned conservationist and, if conditions allow, do one of the things he loved the most – winter tracking!
Learn more »Snowshoe Hike to Osgood Hill through Partridge Woods
Join Kathy Schillemat for a 4-mile roundtrip hike along the new Partridge Woods trail network to the top of Osgood Hill, the second-highest peak in Cheshire County.
Learn more »March 2020
Easygoing Hike Along the Aldworth Manor Trail
Join Rich and Linda Taylor for a moderately strenuous, 3-mile roundtrip hike along the Aldworth Manor Trail in Harrisville.
Learn more »Sheldrick Forest Preserve Hike
Join Swift Corwin and Richard Pendleton for a 2-mile roundtrip hike on easy trails, where we’ll see impressively large trees, interesting geological formations, and magnificent laurels.
Learn more »Babies in Backpacks and Toddlers in Tow
Join naturalist Susie Spikol for a gentle winter hike around the Harris Center’s grounds, specially geared towards babies, toddlers, and their caregivers.
Learn more »Forest Bathing by Moonlight: Reconnect to Nature
Join Susie Spikol and Marilyn Wyzga for a peaceful, moonlit ramble. Taking our cue from the Japanese Shinrin-yoku (“forest bathing”) practice, we’ll open our senses through gentle yoga poses, deep breathing, “coyote walking,” and quiet reflection.
Learn more »Harris Center Classic: “Owl Moon” Owl Prowl
Come hoot it up on this full moon adventure for families and children of all ages!
Learn more »Snowshoe Hike in the Mount Thumb Bowl
Join Dave Butler for a snowshoe hike through the hollow formed by the southern and western slopes of Mounts Thumb and Skatutakee -- once completely cleared for farming, and today a boulder-strewn hardwood forest.
Learn more »Bluebird House Workday (and Birding!)
In preparation for spring nesting, join Eric Masterson to clean and repair the 30 bluebird houses that grace the Brown Easement in Hancock.
Learn more »36th Annual Waterfowl Safari Along the Connecticut River
The spring bird migration begins in March as waterfowl move north through along the Connecticut River. We’ll carpool to the best birding spots, with a little easy walking as needed, in hopes of seeing the spectacle.
Learn more »April 2020
Easygoing Hike to Royalston Falls
Join Rich and Linda Taylor for an easygoing, 3-mile roundtrip hike to scenic Royalston Falls, just south of the Masschusetts border.
Learn more »Citizen Science Opportunity: Broad-winged Hawk Tracking Project
We're partnering with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary to tag one or more Broad-winged Hawks with satellite transmitters that will track their migration in detail. The first step is finding their nests, and we need your help to make it happen!
Learn more »Harris Center Big Year of Birding: Nightjars, Owls, and Woodcocks
Join Eric Masterson for this next installment in our “Big Year” series of birding outings to Harris Center protected lands – a search for avian creatures of the night!
Learn more »Grand Opening: Elmwood Junction Interpretive Trail
Join us for a 0.5-mile guided walk around the former Elmwood Junction Railroad Station on a new interpretive trail created by Eagle Scout Sigmund Winiecki.
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