Franconia Notch State Park - Flume Gorge - Lincoln, NH – August 22

Franconia Notch State Park - Flume Gorge - Lincoln, NH – August 22

We have seen these cute chairs in quite a few places and these are at our hotel.

 Chairs made from old skis

We started at the Visitor’s Center where we paid our admission and started the Flume Gorge trail which is a 2 mile hike. Today, there was no rain, but a bit cloudy and warmer than yesterday. (but still cool) 

The Flume is a natural gorge extending 800 feet at the base of Mount Liberty. The walls of Conway granite rise to a height of 70 to 90 feet and are 12 to 20 feet apart. The hike was fairly easy terrain even with some uphill climbs and a few stairs. The boardwalk had lots of flowers, ferns and mosses.


From their website: “The Flume was discovered in 1808 by 93-year-old “Aunt” Jess Guernsey when she accidently came upon it while fishing. She had trouble convincing her family of the marvelous discovery, but eventually persuaded others to come and see for themselves. At that time, a huge egg-shaped boulder hung suspended between the walls. The rock was 10 feet high and 12 feet long. A heavy rainstorm in June of 1883 started a landslide that swept the boulder from its place. It has never been found. The same storm deepened the gorge and formed Avalanche Falls.”

 Glacier Boulder

 Club Moss

 Jack in the Pulpit berries

 Flume Covered Bridge - Pemigewasset River 1886

 Wood Asters

 Table Rock

 walls of the gorge

 walls of the gorge

 Basalt Dike

Foliose Lichen on the rock walls

After the Flume Trail we then took the Rim Trail and then Wildwood Trail back to the Visitor’s Center.

 Bear Cave

looking down at the boardwalk

 the upper area of the falls

 Red-eyed Vireo

 Indian Pipe

 Chipmunk

 views from the rim

 Liberty Gorge

 Sentinel Pine Bridge 1939

 Sentinel Pine Bridge 1939

 Sentinel Pine Bridge 1939

The Pool - deep basin 150 ft in diameter and 40 ft deep formed at the time of the Ice sheet 25,000 years ago by a silt laden stream flowing from the glacier. 

 the Pool

 Wildwood Trail

Partrige Berry 

 Glacier Boulders

 Ultimate Rock Garden - Rock polypody - fern that grows on rocks

After we finished the hike we drove into the town of Lincoln and ate at the same place from a couple of days ago the Black Mtn Burger Co. We split a Teriyaki Burger with Teriyaki glaze and grilled pineapple and a BMBC Grilled Cheese which was jalapeno cheese bread with goat cheese and sweet onion jam. The grilled cheese was very good, but the burger didn’t have as much flavor as the Thai one I had before.

 On the way we had to stop for the Hobo Railroad

After lunch we had one last trail to check out in a different area of the State Park. The White House trail was only .8 long but a bit harder to hike due to lots of tree roots and muck and mud. It was a nicer trail since it didn’t have as many people as the Flume Trail. We also saw a few birds. 

 along White House Trail

 Black-throated Green Warbler

 female Black-throated Green Warbler

 the trees struggle to coexist with the rock

 this tree is doing Fall all my itself

After the hike we went another quest for ice cream. It was after 3:00 so we went to the Gelato shop, but left since they didn’t have any chocolate. Udderly Delicious was open today, but they didn’t have and decent chocolate either. (it just didn’t look good) So, we went back to the same place from the other day and it again was very good. I really liked their Red Velvet Cake ice cream. OK Jim, by now you have to be craving ice cream.


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We did some grocery shopping and had dinner at the hotel. 


Tomorrow, we leave for Albany, New York.