Fish and Wildlife Service, New Hampshire.
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1972 through a donation from Laurence and Lorna Marshall, was New Hampshire's first refuge. The refuge is located about 20 miles west of Nashua, New Hampshire and encompasses the 2,278 ft. North Pack Monadnock Mountain.
The refuge is a popular hawk migration area and provides nesting habitat for numerous migratory songbirds such as the tree sparrow, Swainson's thrush, magnolia warbler, crossbills, pine grosbeaks and white-throated sparrow. The refuge also supports a wide variety of upland wildlife including deer, bear, coyote, fisher, fox, mink and weasel.
Many people visit the refuge to hike its four trails, including a four mile section of the 21-mile Wapack Trail, a spur of the Appalachian Trail. Wapack Trail passes over the top of North Pack Monadnock and offers outstanding opportunities for viewing migratory hawks and a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains.
The Wapack refuge is administered by staff from Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The refuge maintains a parking lot on Old Mountain Road in Greenfield, NH. A short spur trail leads from the parking lot to the Wapack Trail. The parking lot (and refuge) is open from sunrise to sunset.
Download written directions to the refuge.