Purgatory Falls, NH

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - Wendy carved today out of her schedule, and it is a beautiful sunny day in May! After seing a friend in Nearby Brookline, NH, we arrived at the "trailhead" at 1PM:



The sign says:

PURGATORY FALLS TRAIL
1.2 miles to Falls
Leave the Wilderness Better than You Found It

It was a little confusing planning for this adventure, with different falls ("Upper" and "Lower"), closed parking areas, towing, 1/2 mile walk on the main road, and lousy Google maps. So I wound up kind-of following my instincts, and we arrived at this parking space in the woods, up a dirt road, across from the local gun range. To remove the suspense - we did not get towed!!

After a mile west on the dirt road, we encounter Purgatory Brook, with a nice swamp on the right:


We headed down the path to the left, which soon joined a nice babbling brook:

which immediately dropped and became "Purgatory Falls" (probably a GREAT story behind that name):


I then scrambled down to the lower-level:



It was a good hike back:

with a nice plaque in the woods:


A good day for a walk in the woods:


2.71 miles in 1 hour 29 minutes. A nice drive back home - Thank You God for these Great Days!

Audio today - when Wendy wasn't reading to me (or us actually talking), and then:

Roxy Music - Avalon, 1982


Sade - Love Deluxe, 1992


Sade - Lovers Live, 2002 live album