Take A Stroll Through New Hampshire’s Past At This Former Farm And Homestead

Imagine living a life that's far outside your own. One where there are none of the modern conveniences and technologies that you or I have today. Life centuries ago was in some ways simpler but at the same time more difficult. New Hampshire history is full of places where people worked the land that they lived on long ago. Fortunately for us, we can still visit many of these locations today and one of them is Burrows Farm in Middleton.

Burrows Farm is located within the 2,744-acre Moose Mountains Reservation in Middleton and Brookfield. It has been permanently protected by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

A trailhead at the end of New Portsmouth Road provides access to the reservation and its network of footpaths and old woods roads.

An open clearing along Burrows Farm Trail marks the site of the former homestead. This hillside farm was managed by the local Burrows family for more than two centuries.

A memorial boulder at the Burrows Farm site pays tribute to the family who worked hard on this land.

Burrows Cemetery, adjacent to the farm site, provides the final resting place for members of the Burrows family.

Surrounding the former homestead site are two outlooks, Phoebe's Nable Mountain and Beauty Ledge. Both are accessible by trail and offer fine views.

The Burrows Farm site is a pleasant spot to step back in time and imagine what life must have been like here during the 1800s.

To learn more about this significant preserved piece of New Hampshire history and to download a Moose Mountains Reservation trail map, visit the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.

We are fortunate here in New Hampshire to have the preservation of history be a significant focus. Here's one historical fact you may not know about. There's also one New Hampshire county that is home to more than 150 historic locations.