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Choose from our directory of ~160 self-guided tours of special places in the Upper Valley!

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º Location (select NH or VT, then select a town)

º Features

º Difficulty

º Season

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º Click on a point and then on the link that pops up

3. Scroll the LIST BELOW THE MAP and CLICK on the Quest you want

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Location, Name	Duration	Special Features	Walking Conditions	Physical Difficulty	Optional Gear	Season	Clue Update
Acworth, NH The Acworth Bird Collection and History Mystery Quest	:45	Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass	Year Round	None
Bradford, VT Wright’s Mountain	2:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Bradford, VT Bradford Memorial Quest	20 minutes	Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Brownsville, VT Beaver Brook Watershed Quest	0:45	Natural	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Brownsville, VT Daniel Cady Quest	:45	Historical	Trail	Easy		May-Oct	None
Canaan, NH The Solar Quest – Canaan	2:30	Field Trip, Natural, Vista	Pavement	Moderate	Crayon & Paper	May-Oct	None
Charlestown, NH Fort No.4’s Past	1:30	Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Compass	May-Oct	View
Chelsea, VT Shiretown	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass, Money	Year Round	View
Claremont, NH Colonial Claremont Quest	1:00	Historical	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Claremont, NH The Broad Street Park Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Claremont, NH The Monadnock Mills Area Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical, Vista	Pavement	Moderate		Year Round	None
Cornish, NH The Saint-Gaudens Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical, Natural	Trail	Easy	Compass, Money	Jun-Oct	None
Cornish, NH CREA Quest	:45	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Cornish, NH Cornish Flat	:45	Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Cornish, NH Blacksmith Bridge (permanently CLOSED)	:20	Historical	Trail	Moderate	Compass	May-Oct	None
Cornish, NH Blow Me Down Mill	:20	Historical, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Binoculars	May-Oct	None
Cornish, NH Trinity Church	:15	Historical		Easy		May-Oct	None
Croydon, NH Croydon’s Schoolhouse	:15	Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Croydon, NH Four Corners Cemetery	:15	Historical	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Dorchester, NH The Solar Quest – Dorchester	2:30	Field Trip, Natural	Pavement	Moderate	Crayon & Paper	May-Oct	None
Elkins, NH Esther Currier Wildlife Sanctuary	1:25	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars	May-Oct	None
Enfield, NH The Loon Quest		Natural	Water/Boat	Moderate	Binoculars, Canoe, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Enfield, NH The Solar Quest – Enfield	2:30	Natural, Vista	Pavement	Moderate	Crayon & Paper	May-Oct	None
Enfield, NH Rail Trail	1:30	Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Bicycle, Binoculars, Compass	May-Oct	None
Enfield, NH Shaker Feast Ground Quest	:45	Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Compass	May-Oct	None
Fairlee, VT Lake Morey	1:00	Historical, Natural	Pavement	Easy	Bicycle, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Fairlee, VT Fairlee Glen Falls	:30	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Fairlee, VT Palisades	1:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Fairlee, VT Eagle’s Bluff Quest	1 hr.	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Grafton, NH The Solar Quest – Grafton	2:30	Field Trip, Natural	Pavement	Moderate	Crayon & Paper	May-Oct	None
Grafton, VT The Grafton Cave Quest	1:15	Historical, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Grantham, NH Dunbar Hill Cemetery	1:15	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Moose Mountain	2:00 +	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Velvet Rocks	1:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Boots	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH The Circle of Life Quest	1:00	Natural	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Trees of Dartmouth Quest	1:00	Natural	Pavement, Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Oh, the Places You Will Go! A Dartmouth College Quest	1:00	Historical	Indoor, Pavement	Easy	Pencil	Year Round	None
Hanover, NH Prouty Quest – Stories of Hanover	1.5	Historical, UV250	Pavement	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Lower Slade Brook Quest	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Field Guide, Pencil	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Mink Brook – temporarily CLOSED (no access, closed bridge)	:45	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Boots, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Oli’s Eagle Quest	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Hypertherm Trails Quest	0:45	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Boots	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH HPR River Quest	1:30	Natural	Water/Boat	Moderate	Binoculars, Canoe, Compass, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Amphitheater	:20	Historical, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy		May-Oct	None
Hanover, NH Balch Hill	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hartford, VT Hartford in the Civil War Quest	:45	Civil War, Historical	Trail	Moderate	Pencil	May-Oct	None
Hartford, VT Hurricane Hill Winter Woods Walk	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Snowshoes	Winter	None
Hartford, VT Center of Town	:45	Historical, UV250	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Hartford, VT Hurricane Forest	:45	Natural	Trail	Easy	Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hartford, VT Jericho District	:45	Historical, Vista	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Hartford, VT Sally’s Salamander Meander	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Boots, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Hartland, VT Donella Meadows Quest	1:30	Field Trip, Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Boots, Compass, Field Guide, Money, Snowshoes	Year Round	None
Haverhill, NH Haverhill Corner	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass, Pencil	May-Oct	None
Haverhill, NH Floodplain Quest – temporarily closed (as of August 2023)	1:00	Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Boots, Compass, Field Guide, Pencil	May-Oct	None
Lebanon, NH Colburn Park	:45	Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	View
Lebanon, NH Lovely Looks of Lebanon Quest	:45	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Lebanon, NH 1764 – The Old King’s Highway Quest	1:30	Natural	Trail	Easy	Boots, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Lebanon, NH Lebanon Energy Quest	1.5 hr.	Energy, Field Trip, Historical, Natural	Pavement	Easy	Binoculars	May-Oct	View
Lebanon, NH The Quest Where the River and Mill Combine	1:00	Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Lebanon, NH Quest For Connection (AKA Mascoma River Greenway Quest)	2:00	Historical, Natural, Vista	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Bicycle	May-Oct	None
Lyme, NH Pinnacle Hill	2:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	Year Round	None
Lyme, NH Grant Brook Trail	0:45	Natural	Trail	Easy		May-Oct	None
Lyme, NH Beal Cemetery	0:25	Historical	Trail	Easy	Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Lyme, NH Chaffee Sanctuary	0:20	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Boots, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Lyme, NH Lyme Center Dances	0:45	Historical	Pavement	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Lyme, NH Porter Cemetery	0:30	Historical	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Marshfield, VT A Marshfield Quest		Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Meriden, NH Mill Cemetery Quest	:45	Field Trip, Historical, UV250	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Meriden, NH The Bridge and Beyond Quest	1:00	Natural	Trail	Easy		May-Oct	View
New London, NH Sargent/Hayes Farm	1:30	Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Boots, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
New London, NH Wolf Tree	1:25	Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
New London, NH Cook Quest	:45	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Newbury, NH The Fells Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Field Guide, Money, Pencil	May-Oct	View
Newbury, VT Newbury Village — It’s Monumental	1:30	Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Compass	May-Oct	None
Newbury, VT Sleeper’s Meadow	1:00	Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Newport, NH The Historical Newport Quest	:45	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Norwich, VT Elm Street Loop	:45	Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Compass	Year Round	None
Norwich, VT Gile Mountain	1:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Norwich, VT Grand Canyon of Norwich	1:15	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Norwich, VT Mountain Maple	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Norwich, VT Montshire Blood Brook Quest	:30	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Field Guide	Year Round	None
Norwich, VT Beaver Meadow	:30	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Norwich, VT The Lewiston Quest (Temporarily CLOSED)	:30	Historical	Pavement	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Norwich, VT Podunk	1:30	Natural	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Norwich, VT Flowing to the River Quest	1 or 2 hours	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Orange, NH The Solar Quest – Orange	2:30	Field Trip, Natural, Vista	Pavement	Moderate	Crayon & Paper	May-Oct	None
Orford, NH Boat Landing	:25	Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Canoe, Pencil, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Orford, NH Flat Rock	0:15	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	View
Orford, NH Lion King Quest	45 minutes	Natural	Trail	Easy		May-Oct	None
Orford, NH Gimli and Legolas	2:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Plainfield, NH French’s Ledges	1:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Plainfield, NH Plainfield Village	:45	Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Plymouth Notch, VT Coolidge Homestead Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement, Trail	Moderate	Money, Pencil	May-Oct	None
Pomfret, VT Pomfret History Quest (CLOSED)	0:45	UV250	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Quechee, VT Ottauquechee (CLOSED)	:45	Historical	Pavement, Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	View
Quechee, VT Quest for the Right Words @ Quechee Gorge (CLOSED)	1:00	Architectural, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Pencil, Swimsuit	May-Oct	View
Quechee, VT Quechee Library	:20	Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Quechee, VT Vermont Institute of Natural Science Quest	90 minutes	Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Quechee, VT The Ottauquechee Valley Quest	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Quechee, VT Fat Hat	20 min.	Natural	Trail	Easy	Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Randolph, VT Downtown Randolph	:30	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Rockingham, VT Herricks Cove	0:30	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars	May-Oct	None
Royalton, VT Four Springs Farm	1:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Boots, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Royalton, VT Royalton Historical Quest	:30	Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Springfield, NH Kidder Brook (Temporarily closed for start of 2023 Quest season)	1.75 hrs	Historical, Natural	Trail	Difficult	Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Springfield, VT North Springfield Bog	:20	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Springfield, VT Springweather B	:40	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Compass	May-Oct	None
Springfield, VT The Muckross Quest	1:00	Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Bicycle, Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Springfield, VT Springfield Mills Quest	2 hrs.	Architectural	Pavement	Moderate	Pencil	May-Oct	None
Springfield, VT The Black River Quest	:40	Energy, Field Trip	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Strafford, VT The Town House Quest	:45	Architectural, Historical, UV250	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Strafford, VT Old City Falls Quest	:30	Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Strafford, VT Justin Morrill Homestead	:30	Architectural, Historical, Natural	Trail	Easy	Boots, Compass	May-Oct	None
Strafford, VT Strafford Watershed Quest	1:00	Historical	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Sunapee, NH Sunapee Harbor (temporarily CLOSED 2023 season)	1:00	Historical, Natural, Vista	Pavement	Easy	Binoculars, Canoe, Compass, Pencil, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Cedar Circle Farm Quest		Historical, Natural	Trail	Easy	Boots	May-Oct	View
Thetford, VT Bill Hill Quest	1:00	Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate		Year Round	None
Thetford, VT Connecticut River Quest	1:50	Natural	Water/Boat	Moderate	Canoe, Compass	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Hemlock Paradise Pool Quest	:45	Natural, Vista	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Mimi’s Treasure Hunt	:30	Natural	Trail	Easy	Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Thetford Academy Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Thetford Center Village Quest West	1:00	Historical, Natural, UV250, Vista	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Union Village Historical Quest	1:00	Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Houghton Hill Quest	:45	Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Thetford, VT Quest for the Lonesome Pine	1:00	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Shifting Structures (formerly Moving Houses)	:15	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Peabody Library	:15	Historical	Indoor	Easy		Year Round	None
Thetford, VT Union Village	0:20	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	View
Thetford, VT Thetford Center Civil War Cemetery Quest	1:00	Civil War, Historical	Trail	Moderate	Compass	Jun-Oct	None
Thetford, VT The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Quest	:20	Civil War, Historical	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Thetford Center Village Quest East	1:00	Architectural, Historical, UV250	Pavement	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Post Mills Cemetery Quest	:30	Civil War, Historical	Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Zebedee Wetlands Quest	:45	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Boots	May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Glebe Quest	2-3 hours	Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
Thetford, VT Thetford Center (CLOSED)	:15	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	View
Thetford, VT Hidden Fireplace Quest	1:30	Field Trip, Historical, Natural, Vista	Trail	Moderate	Boots, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Unity, NH Marshall Pond Quest		Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Vershire, VT Copperfield Town	:45	Historical, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Compass	May-Oct	None
Weathersfield, VT Crystal Cascade	2:00	Natural	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
West Fairlee, VT Southworth Park Quest	1:00	Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
West Fairlee, VT Linny’s Loop Bicycle	2:00	Historical, Natural	Pavement	Difficult	Bicycle, Compass, Field Guide, Pencil, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
West Lebanon, NH The Energy Quest at Boston Lot	0:45	Energy, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Compass, Field Guide, Swimsuit	May-Oct	None
West Lebanon, NH Boston Lot	:45	Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide, Swimsuit	Year Round	None
West Lebanon, NH Dana House	:15	Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
West Lebanon, NH Boston Lot Snow Shoe Shuffle	1:00	Natural	Snow, Trail	Moderate	Boots, Crayon & Paper, Snowshoes	Winter	None
Wherever You Wish, NH Fall Cider	All Day	Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate		May-Oct	None
White River Junction, VT By the Numbers	:20	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Pencil	Year Round	None
White River Junction, VT The Junction Quest	0:45	Architectural, Historical	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Pencil	Year Round	None
White River Junction, VT Valley Quest of White River Junction	1:00	Field Trip, Historical, UV250	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Wilder, VT Olcott Falls Quest	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Bicycle, Compass	May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT American Precision Museum Quest: Windsor in the 1860s (CLOSED)	:45	Architectural, Civil War, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Compass, Pencil	May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT Constitution House	1:00	Historical, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Money	May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT North Main Street	1:00	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT Paradise Park	1:00	Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	Year Round	None
Windsor, VT The Windsor Colonial Quest	0:45	Historical, UV250	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Compass, Pencil	Year Round	None
Windsor, VT Kestrel	:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT Old South	0:25	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		May-Oct	None
Windsor, VT Architecture Quest	:30	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy	Pencil	May-Oct	None
Woodstock, VT Fearless Fighters Club	1:30	Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT George, Frederick and Laurance Quest	:45	Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Pencil	Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Teagle’s Landing Quest	:25	Architectural, Historical, Natural	Pavement	Easy	Compass, Money	May-Oct	None
Woodstock, VT Mount Tom	1:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Room with a View	1:00	Natural, Vista	Trail	Difficult	Binoculars, Compass, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Woodstock, VT Billings’ Stone Quest	:25	Architectural, Historical	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Iron Bridge Quest	:45	Architectural, Natural	Pavement	Easy	Bicycle, Compass	May-Oct	View
Woodstock, VT Village Green E	:40	Architectural, Natural	Pavement, Trail	Easy	Pencil	May-Oct	View
Woodstock, VT Sustainability Quest for Elementary Students	1:00	Energy, Field Trip, Historical, Natural	Trail	Easy	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Woodstock, VT Chipmunk Quest at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park	1:00	Field Trip, Natural	Trail	Easy	Field Guide	May-Oct	None
Woodstock, VT The Big F	1:00	Historical	Pavement	Moderate		Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Billings Farm Technology	:45	Historical	Indoor, Pavement	Easy	Money	Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Billings Brothers of Woodstock	1:25	Historical	Pavement	Moderate	Bicycle, Compass, Money	Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT Faulkner Park Quest	:45	Historical, Natural	Pavement	Easy		Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT History Mystery Barrel	:45	Historical	Pavement	Easy	Money	Year Round	None
Woodstock, VT The Forest Quest	1:30	Field Trip, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	View
Woodstock, VT Maple Quest at Sugarbush Farm	:30	Natural, Vista	Trail	Easy	Money, Snowshoes	Year Round	View
Woodstock, VT Sustainability Quest for High Schoolers	1:30	Energy, Field Trip, Historical, Natural	Trail	Moderate	Binoculars, Field Guide	May-Oct	None