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Hiking Trail Conditions Report
Peaks
Peaks O'Reilly-Fleetham Hill, NH
Trails
Trails: Cemetery Trail, Fleetham Trail, O'Reilly Trail, bushwhack
Date of Hike
Date of Hike: Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Parking/Access Road Notes
Parking/Access Road Notes: Small parking area and kiosk at a log landing on Horse Hill Road in Concord. 
Surface Conditions
Surface Conditions: Dry Trail 
Recommended Equipment
Recommended Equipment:  
Water Crossing Notes
Water Crossing Notes: None. 
Trail Maintenance Notes
Trail Maintenance Notes: No issues. 
Dog-Related Notes
Dog-Related Notes: Sure. 
Bugs
Bugs: Mosquitoes! 
Lost and Found
Lost and Found: Nothing. 
 
Comments
Comments: This is the short 435' hill in the middle of the O'Reilly-Fleetham trail system. AFAIK, it has no official name.

This is a short 0.65 mi. loop that drops down along an old railroad right-of-way, which appealed to my inner railroad geek, then continues to the Contoocook River. At the river, the former ROW continued across on a bridge. All that remains are the pilings. The trail swings left to follow the river for a bit, then swings left again to head back to the parking area. Shortly before the end of the trail, I did a very short bushwhack through open woods up to the summit, which is hard to detect as the hill is a long, flat, narrow ridge. The top has been completely logged over.

Trail map here: http://www.concordnh.gov/DocumentCenter/View/9066  
Name
Name: KenM 
E-Mail
E-Mail: kmacgray@gmail.com 
Date Submitted
Date Submitted: 2017-05-23 
Link
Link: https:// 
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