About a mile from our home in Brookline, NH, is an old rail line that is now a recreational trail. Following it, you’ll come to a small body of water. (More on that another day.) On the other side of the pond, you can barely see a cabin through the trees. A small wooden bridge takes you across the dam to the cabin pictured above. There are no windows and the door looks a little drafty. The back of the chimney has these double doors and a few other features to function as a cookstove. Beyond the cabin and up a narrow road are the remnants of Hayden’s Quarry. You can barely discern the granite walls through the foliage. A pile of waste granite off to one side is the best indicator of this place’s purpose. Granite was hewn from the walls, hauled by teams of oxen to railcars, and then transported to Boston and points beyond.
Today, all of this is conservation land free for all to explore.
For a video tour of the cabin, click here.
Really fascinating!!
Thank you, Dave.
The abandoned cabin looks like it might have been a family camp.
You’re very astute. That’s exactly what it was.
I grew up around family camps in northern New England. My dad built us one, in fact.
Oh, how interesting.
Those were very happy days.
This must have been a great little place in its day. The video was wonderful. Then I watched you split logs! Genius way to do it. 😀
Oh, I forgot about that. It works great.
excellent images… the video in the empty cabin surrounded by woods was a bit spooky 😀
Thank you. My sister said the same thing about the video.
Thank you for posting the video tour too, Chris. It was nice to see what the inside of the cabin looks like. Great pictures! Beautiful place. Sad that it stands alone though.
I’m glad you enjoyed it. It is a bit sad. (My sister described it as creepy from the video). I think there are a lot of memories here of happy times. People still like to hike out to visit it.
The cabin reminded me of one we came across out in the Tonto Basin of Arizona. We think it was a hunting camp cabin. Quite similar to your cabin.
I enjoyed the video very much. The cabin seems to be all nestled in …in the forest.
And the granite reminds me of the remnants we find of what is leftover from the silver, copper and gold miners of AZ.
Thanks Chris for the tour!
Isn’t it great exploring these abandoned camps? I’m glad you enjoyed the post. Have a great week, Nancy.
Love exploring abandoned places!
Isn’t it the best!
Fascinating find…love the pics…so beautiful!
Thank you, Kirt. It was a unique find.
Fascinating place! How wonderful that it’s free for everybody to explore. 😀
It’s great that people can come out and explore it.
awesome video…its amazing what you can find in places. thank you for sharing
Thank you for you comment. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 😊
I actually love the New ENgland area for its scenery and foods. I would love to do some hiking but I am a still a novice.
We have lots of novice trails. And then lots of good New England food after.
Love it.