Pitcher Mountain Trailhead — Attraction in Stoddard

Not a huge hiking experience unless you go to the extending trails, but beautiful nonetheless. Easy little hike on either side. The more southern trail(.4mi.) starts with an access road and goes up along a beautiful grassy farmland, then connects to a foot path to the tower. The straight up path(.2mi.) Starts out more vertical and stays that way until a small plateau at the rocky base to the tower. Wonderful views all around, nice place to relax or pass through. Also an abundance of blueberries to be picked during...

This was a short easy hike to do. The trail had some washouts and a little mud but other than that it's an easy and worth while hike. There is a nice view over a field about half way up. The top of the mountain has the fire tower which only goes up 2 flights of stairs but you get incredible panoramic views. The tower is surrounded by wild blueberry bushes and the berries are delicious. This hike is kid friendly but make sure you get there early as the parking lot is small. We parked on the road and that...

My husband and I are hiking all the fire towers in NH this year. We started with this one as I am three weeks past a knee surgery. This hike is not hard, the path up is a nice gradual incline. The view from the top is beautiful, we were able to see the sunset. The hike down was a little more challenging and the path is not marked clearly. There were times that we didn't think we were on the path. It was a nice first hike...