Turkey Pond, Forest Floor, Old Orchard, and St Paul's School Loop is a 2.6 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Concord, New Hampshire that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from April until October.
Take I-89 to exit 2, turn left off of the ramp onto Clinton Street. At the first blinking light, turn right onto Silk Farm Road. The entrance to the McLane Center is on the left. Most trails begin at the trailhead near the kiosk. Forest Floor Trail (Red Markers): This trail is a short, easy walk through a white pine forest. Wildflowers are abundant during the spring and summer. This trail begins behind the building by the raptor mews.
March 23, 2021I started at the end of Silk Farm road where the gate is by I89. Walked back up the road 100 yards to the paved bike path and took that a ways until I got into the woods. Then I did the Turkey Pond loop and came back the Old orchard trail, back to the Turkey Pond trail. This took me back to the bike trail and back to where I parked. For those looking for a shorter hike and to avoid the paved biking trail you can access the Turkey Pond loop from the NH Audubon parking lot. Overall good hike, I just took a longer route than I expected
January 31, 2021January 26, 2021January 19, 2021December 23, 2020December 22, 2020December 3, 2020December 1, 2020November 29, 2020Overall a very nice set of trails. You never quite get away from road noise (part of the trail is next to a road) but that’s to be expected so close to downtown Concord.
November 28, 2020November 28, 2020November 16, 2020November 8, 2020November 6, 2020great trails. it is rocky and alot of roots like others said, but not bad if you watch your footing. if you start on the red trail you get to see some stick teepees and there is a cool treehouse you can check out. my only issue was you can still hear the traffic noise from the highway, but there's nothing anyone can do about that. all in all an excellent hike
October 22, 2020Very very nice trails there we did. Yellow loop then blue loop. Very well marked Red they r still working on hope they make it Lott bigger.
October 18, 2020Great trail! Wear hiking boots lots of rocks and roots making it a little rough
August 22, 2020Flat easy trail that is great for running! Ironically... I ran into a family of Turkeys along the trail... Mama and half a dozen jakes behind her.
July 28, 2020A nice easy hike in and out. Very well marked with color codes for each trail. Some of the trails are on private property. Overall a nice quiet easy hike.
March 28, 2020As beginner friendly of a trail as one could ask for. Well maintained and well kept. Would be good for kids or those looking for something easy. Very flat. Do not bring your pup for this one.
March 25, 2020Pleasant, peaceful, and quiet walk. Clearly marked. Enjoyed robins returning from the south.
November 4, 2019Nice day for a hike no wildlife at all and trail was real rocky and lots of roots did the red trail to the yellow then took the west end farm trail to the bike path which was really nice then followed that to silk farm road up to the Audubon Society
November 2, 2019No dogs...not going here
July 30, 2019April 28, 2019Muddy but a nice short trail
April 4, 2019October 21, 2018No dogs allowed, don’t care to come back.
October 20, 2018Huge no dog sign....
October 1, 2018Quick walk with my dog during LAX practice, just looped back around by way of the docks at St. Paul's followed the dirt road till it came back out by the turf field. then followed the paved unused road back to the car parking near silk farm road.
August 6, 2018yr k6g
July 9, 2018Very well marked and easy hike. National Audubon Society is right there with educational birds of prey, so nice way to finish off the hike with the kids.
