The Wapack Wilderness is a 1,400-acre (6 km) 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. Watatic Mountain Wildlife Area is two miles (3 km) to the southeast, and Annett State Forest 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.
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.
Notes
- New England Forestry Foundation. Retrieved on 2009-01-20.
- "Resource Management Plan: Mount Watatic Reservation". Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- "Annett Wayside Park". New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 2009-01-20.
- Poor, Eric. "Easement would protect 1,400 acres: Rindge, New Ipswich conservation commissions each plan $50K donation to $1.4 million effort." Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, 30 January 2007: 3.
External links
- Hampshire Country School
- Friends of the Wapack
- New Ipswich Conservation Commission
- Northeast Wilderness Trust
42°44′N 71°56′W / 42.733°N 71.933°W / 42.733; -71.933
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