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This hike brought us to Piermont Mountain in Piermont NH, #84 for us on the NH Fire Tower list of the 93 towers that are standing, once stood or were proposed. We had to hike this mountain twice, once on Saturday and then again on Monday. Why? We had our primary camcorder go down on us and didn't have the back up. 
At least it is not a real difficult hike, but it was very humid the second time.
We parked outside of Camp Walt Whitman, off to the side as not to block the gate. We did call ahead to get permission to hike from their camp. We talked to the caretaker both days and he said that hikers are welcome, but they need to let someone know they are there. What a place the camp is, about 300 acres in size and it looks like a village with all the building there.
We were quite impressed with the camp and thankful to be able to hike from it. We walked through the place (about 0.3 miles) until we got the trailhead for the Pvt. Richie Green Trail. He was killed in action in Vietnam in 1969. The trail is on the mild side right up until the base of the mountain. It is mostly a walk through the woods, except for a few spots where past logging had been done. The last 0.3 miles it does get steep. Two spots are very steep, but short and we were able to use the tree roots to ascend them.
Once on the summit the views were very nice of the surrounding mountains and the two lakes below us. There are three plaques that have been place up there. The thing that we were most surprised by was finding snakes sunning themselves in the trees. There were 2 when we were there on Saturday and we found another one there on Monday in the same place.
Overall it was a great hike (both of them). Round trip was 4.2 miles and the views made it worth it.
At least it is not a real difficult hike, but it was very humid the second time. We parked outside of Camp Walt Whitman, off to the side as not to block the gate. We did call ahead to get permission to hike from their camp. We talked to the caretaker both days and he said that hikers are welcome, but they need to let someone know they are there. What a place the camp is, about 300 acres in size and it looks like a village with all the building there.
We were quite impressed with the camp and thankful to be able to hike from it. We walked through the place (about 0.3 miles) until we got the trailhead for the Pvt. Richie Green Trail. He was killed in action in Vietnam in 1969. The trail is on the mild side right up until the base of the mountain. It is mostly a walk through the woods, except for a few spots where past logging had been done. The last 0.3 miles it does get steep. Two spots are very steep, but short and we were able to use the tree roots to ascend them.
Once on the summit the views were very nice of the surrounding mountains and the two lakes below us. There are three plaques that have been place up there. The thing that we were most surprised by was finding snakes sunning themselves in the trees. There were 2 when we were there on Saturday and we found another one there on Monday in the same place.
Overall it was a great hike (both of them). Round trip was 4.2 miles and the views made it worth it.
