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Hewes Hill in Swanzey is on private property with trails and a new conservation easement from the Monadnock Conservancy.
http://www.monadnockconservancy.org/html/Tippin Rock map.pdf
The trailhead is on Warmac Road about half a mile W of Rte.32 - don't try to come in the other way as the bridge is out. Look for a narrow opening into a field across from a kennel. There is no sign here, but if you walk diagonally R across the field you will find a trailhead sign that says to park on the side of the road or in the entrance to the field without blocking it - not in the field itself. (corrected) N 42° 49.795 W 072° 16.911
The main trail follows a woods road uphill about half a mile to a glacial erratic called Tipping Rock. Route finding will be easier once you figure out that where there are two offset blazes, the trail turns in the direction of the _bottom_ blaze - the opposite of the AT standard. Beyond the rock the trail is a fairly level footpath running parallel to cliffs, and it reaches a good SW viewpoint in about .2 miles. A short ways beyond it runs out onto a ledge with cliffs above and below - further progress would require a parachute or rope. Rock climbers apparently use a route to the base of the cliffs that is not on the easement property.
Just before the ledge a herd path leads a short distance to the summit, which may be an outcrop or one of two small boulders. Going down, we accidentally used an alternate trail that comes out at the W edge of the field - the junction isn't signed and we didn't see it either direction. This was an easy hike for me as KH did all the driving and LoL did all the routefinding.
http://www.monadnockconservancy.org/html/Tippin Rock map.pdf
The trailhead is on Warmac Road about half a mile W of Rte.32 - don't try to come in the other way as the bridge is out. Look for a narrow opening into a field across from a kennel. There is no sign here, but if you walk diagonally R across the field you will find a trailhead sign that says to park on the side of the road or in the entrance to the field without blocking it - not in the field itself. (corrected) N 42° 49.795 W 072° 16.911
The main trail follows a woods road uphill about half a mile to a glacial erratic called Tipping Rock. Route finding will be easier once you figure out that where there are two offset blazes, the trail turns in the direction of the _bottom_ blaze - the opposite of the AT standard. Beyond the rock the trail is a fairly level footpath running parallel to cliffs, and it reaches a good SW viewpoint in about .2 miles. A short ways beyond it runs out onto a ledge with cliffs above and below - further progress would require a parachute or rope. Rock climbers apparently use a route to the base of the cliffs that is not on the easement property.
Just before the ledge a herd path leads a short distance to the summit, which may be an outcrop or one of two small boulders. Going down, we accidentally used an alternate trail that comes out at the W edge of the field - the junction isn't signed and we didn't see it either direction. This was an easy hike for me as KH did all the driving and LoL did all the routefinding.
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