Monadnock Tour

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Time Distance Instruction     (Note that times imply driving constantly.  To enjoy yourself, take at least 3 days!)
9:00 AM 0.0  1   Depart Fitzwilliam on SR-119 [Richmond Rd] (East) for 7.5 mi
9:08 AM 7.5  2   At Rindge, return West on SR-119 for 1.8 mi
9:11 AM 9.2 Turn RIGHT (North) onto US-202 for 3.9 mi
9:15 AM 13.1 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto SR-124 [Main St] for 0.1 mi
9:16 AM 13.2  3   At Jaffrey, stay on SR-124 [Main St] (East) for 174 yds
9:16 AM 13.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto US-202 [SR-124] for 131 yds
9:17 AM 13.4 Turn LEFT (North) onto US-202 [Peterborough St] for 6.2 mi
9:24 AM 19.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto Grove St for 0.5 mi
9:26 AM 20.0  4   At Peterborough, stay on Grove St (South) for 0.5 mi
9:27 AM 20.5 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto US-202 [SR-101] for 0.2 mi
9:28 AM 20.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-101 [SR-123] for 0.9 mi
9:29 AM 21.6 Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-123 [Elm Hill Rd] for 2.5 mi
9:33 AM 24.1 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto SR-123 for 0.6 mi
9:34 AM 24.7  5   At Sharon, stay on SR-123 (South-East) for 3.0 mi
9:38 AM 27.7 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto SR-123 [SR-124] for 3.1 mi
9:42 AM 30.8  6   At New Ipswich, stay on SR-123 [SR-124] (East) for 1.8 mi
9:44 AM 32.6 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-123 [Highbridge Rd] for 1.5 mi
9:47 AM 34.1 Bear LEFT (East) onto SR-123 [River St] for 164 yds
9:47 AM 34.2  7   At Greenville, keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) for 76 yds
9:47 AM 34.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [Main St] for 131 yds
9:47 AM 34.3 Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-123 [Pleasant St] for 0.8 mi
9:49 AM 35.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-123 [SR-31] for 0.3 mi
9:49 AM 35.3 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-123 [Mason Rd] for 0.4 mi
9:50 AM 35.7 Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto SR-123 [Merriam Hill Rd] for 2.0 mi
9:53 AM 37.7 Turn LEFT (North) onto Darling Hill Rd for 76 yds
9:54 AM 37.7  8   At Mason, stay on Darling Hill Rd (South) for 65 yds
9:54 AM 37.8 Turn RIGHT (West) onto SR-123 [Merriam Hill Rd] for 2.0 mi
9:58 AM 39.7 Bear LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Mason Rd] for 0.4 mi
9:59 AM 40.1 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-123 [SR-31] for 0.3 mi
9:59 AM 40.4 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Pleasant St] for 0.8 mi
10:00 AM 41.2 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Main St] for 131 yds
10:00 AM 41.2 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-123 [SR-45], then immediately bear RIGHT (North) onto SR-45 [Main St] for 0.3 mi
10:01 AM 41.5 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-45 [Temple Rd] for 0.9 mi
10:03 AM 42.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-45 [Greenville-Temple Hwy] for 0.8 mi
10:04 AM 43.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-45 [Senator Tobey Hwy] for 2.4 mi
10:08 AM 45.7  9   At Temple, stay on SR-45 [Senator Tobey Hwy] (North) for 1.6 mi
10:11 AM 47.3 Turn RIGHT (East) onto SR-101 for 9.0 mi
10:22 AM 56.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-101A [Elm St] for 2.9 mi
10:27 AM 59.1  10   At Milford, stay on SR-101A [SR-13] (North) for 131 yds
10:27 AM 59.2 Keep RIGHT onto SR-101A [Union Sq] for 54 yds
10:27 AM 59.2 Bear RIGHT (West) onto SR-101A [Elm St] for 2.8 mi
10:32 AM 62.0 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-101 [Elm St] for 0.8 mi
10:33 AM 62.8 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Wilton Rd for 0.5 mi
10:34 AM 63.2 Road name changes to Main St for 0.6 mi
10:36 AM 63.8  11   At Wilton, stay on Main St (North-West) for 142 yds
10:36 AM 63.9 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-31 [Forest Rd] for 3.5 mi
10:42 AM 67.4 Turn LEFT (West) onto Citizens Hall Rd for 98 yds
10:43 AM 67.5  12   At Lyndeborough, return East on Citizens Hall Rd for 98 yds
10:43 AM 67.6 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-31 [Forest Rd] for 7.1 mi
10:55 AM 74.6 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [SR-31] for 109 yds
10:55 AM 74.7 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-31 [Sawmill Rd] for 65 yds
10:56 AM 74.7  13   At Greenfield, return South on SR-31 [Sawmill Rd] for 54 yds
10:56 AM 74.8 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-136 [SR-31] for 109 yds
10:56 AM 74.8 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-136 [Francestown Rd] for 1.2 mi
10:58 AM 76.0 Bear LEFT (North) onto SR-136 for 0.1 mi
10:59 AM 76.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-136 [Greenfield Rd] for 3.0 mi
11:03 AM 79.2 Bear LEFT (North) onto SR-47 [Main St] for 0.1 mi
11:04 AM 79.3  14   At Francestown, stay on SR-47 [Main St] (North-West) for 0.7 mi
11:06 AM 80.0 Keep RIGHT onto Pleasant Pond Rd for 4.9 mi
11:14 AM 84.9 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-149 [Deering Center Rd] for 1.3 mi
11:17 AM 86.2  15   At Deering, stay on SR-149 [Deering Center Rd] (West) for 3.6 mi
11:23 AM 89.8 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto SR-149 [Bridge St] for 0.5 mi
11:24 AM 90.3 Road name changes to School St for 0.4 mi
11:25 AM 90.8 Road name changes to Center Rd for 2.7 mi
11:31 AM 93.4  16   At Hillsborough, return South-East on Center Rd for 142 yds
11:31 AM 93.5 Keep RIGHT onto Jones Rd for 1.3 mi
11:35 AM 94.8 Road name changes to Shedd Rd for 1.0 mi
11:38 AM 95.8 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-31 [Second New Hampshire Tpke] for 1.1 mi
11:40 AM 97.0 Bear LEFT (West) onto Windsor Rd for 2.6 mi
11:47 AM 99.6 Road name changes to White Pond Rd for 0.1 mi
11:47 AM 99.7  17   At Windsor Town Office [White Pond Rd, Hillsboro, NH 03244, (603) 478-3292], return South-East on White Pond Rd for 0.1 mi
11:48 AM 99.8 Road name changes to Windsor Rd for 2.6 mi
11:55 AM 102.5 Bear RIGHT (South-East) onto SR-31 [Second New Hampshire Tpke] for 1.5 mi
11:57 AM 104.0 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-9 [W Main St] for 0.2 mi
11:58 AM 104.2 Turn RIGHT (South) onto W Main St for 1.4 mi
11:59 AM 105.6 Turn RIGHT (South) onto US-202 [Antrim Rd] for 6.1 mi
12:07 PM 111.7  18   At Antrim, stay on US-202 [SR-31] (South) for 2.2 mi
12:09 PM 113.9 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-31 [SR-47] for 0.3 mi
12:10 PM 114.2  19   At Bennington, stay on SR-31 [SR-47] (East) for 32 yds
12:10 PM 114.2 Turn LEFT to stay on SR-31 [SR-47] for 0.3 mi
12:11 PM 114.5 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto US-202 for 3.1 mi
12:15 PM 117.7 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Forest Rd for 1.0 mi
12:17 PM 118.7 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-123 (N) [Forest Rd] for 0.6 mi
12:18 PM 119.3 Bear LEFT (West) onto SR-123 [Main St] for 32 yds
12:19 PM 119.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [SR-137] for 0.2 mi
12:19 PM 119.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [Main St] for 142 yds
12:19 PM 119.6  20   At Hancock, stay on SR-123 [Main St] (West) for 0.2 mi
12:19 PM 119.8 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [Stoddard Rd] for 5.3 mi
12:25 PM 125.0 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 for 1.5 mi
12:27 PM 126.5 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-123 [SR-9] for 1.1 mi
12:28 PM 127.6 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-123 (N) for 2.8 mi
12:32 PM 130.4  21   At Stoddard, stay on SR-123 N (West) for 4.8 mi
12:39 PM 135.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [Telephone Rd] for 0.2 mi
12:39 PM 135.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto SR-10 [SR-123] for 1.0 mi
12:41 PM 136.5 Bear LEFT (West) onto SR-123 for 98 yds
12:41 PM 136.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-123 [Forest Rd] for 54 yds
12:41 PM 136.5  22   At Marlow, stay on SR-123 [Forest Rd] (West) for 8.6 mi
12:52 PM 145.2 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-123 [SR-12A] for 1.5 mi
12:53 PM 146.7  23   At Alstead, return South-East on SR-123 [SR-12A] for 32 yds
12:53 PM 146.7 Turn RIGHT (South-West) onto SR-123 [River St] for 1.9 mi
12:56 PM 148.6 Bear LEFT (South) onto SR-123 [Whitcomb Rd] for 2.8 mi
1:01 PM 151.4 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto SR-12 [SR-123] for 1.7 mi
1:04 PM 153.1 Bear LEFT (South) onto Turnpike Rd for 1.2 mi
1:06 PM 154.3 Road name changes to River Rd for 65 yds
1:07 PM 154.4  24   At Walpole, stay on River Rd (South) for 0.3 mi
1:07 PM 154.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto South St for 0.3 mi
1:08 PM 155.0 Turn LEFT (South) onto SR-12 [Bellows Rd] for 5.0 mi
Construction near Westmoreland Depot (June 20, 2005 – March 30, 2006)
1:15 PM 160.0 Keep RIGHT onto SR-63 for 3.7 mi
1:21 PM 163.7  25   At Westmoreland, stay on SR-63 (East) for 5.7 mi
1:30 PM 169.4  26   At Chesterfield, stay on SR-63 (South) for 4.0 mi
1:37 PM 173.4 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-63 [Kilburn St] for 3.1 mi
1:42 PM 176.5  27   At Hinsdale, stay on SR-63 [Kilburn St] (South) for 98 yds
1:42 PM 176.5 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-119 [Main St] for 5.5 mi
1:49 PM 182.0 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-10 [SR-119] for 0.6 mi
1:50 PM 182.6  28   At Winchester, return South-West on SR-10 [N Main St] for 98 yds
1:50 PM 182.7 Turn LEFT (East) onto SR-119 [Richmond St] for 6.2 mi
1:57 PM 188.9 Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-32 [Swanzey Rd] for 76 yds
1:58 PM 189.0  29   At Richmond, return North on SR-32 [Swanzey Rd] for 65 yds
1:58 PM 189.0 Bear RIGHT (North) onto SR-32 [Keene Rd] for 0.6 mi
1:59 PM 189.6 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-32 [Old Homestead Hwy] for 8.1 mi
2:12 PM 197.7 Turn LEFT (West) onto Eaton Rd for 65 yds
2:12 PM 197.8 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Eaton Rd [Sawyer Crossing Rd] for 0.2 mi
2:12 PM 197.9  30   At Swanzey, stay on Eaton Rd [Sawyer Crossing Rd] (North-West) for 0.2 mi
2:13 PM 198.1 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Sawyer Crossing Rd for 0.5 mi
2:14 PM 198.6 Turn LEFT to stay on Sawyer Crossing Rd for 0.7 mi
2:15 PM 199.3 Bear RIGHT (North-West) onto Ash Hill Rd for 0.9 mi
2:17 PM 200.2 Bear RIGHT (North) onto SR-10 [Dartmouth College Rd] for 1.8 mi
2:20 PM 202.0 Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-10 [SR-101] for 0.4 mi
2:20 PM 202.4 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) for 98 yds
2:20 PM 202.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-10 [SR-12] for 0.5 mi
2:21 PM 203.0 Turn RIGHT onto Ramp for 0.2 mi towards West St. / Keene
2:21 PM 203.2 Turn RIGHT (East) onto West St for 0.8 mi
2:23 PM 204.0  31   At Keene, return West on West St for 0.8 mi
2:24 PM 204.8 Take Ramp (RIGHT) onto SR-10 [SR-12] for 0.5 mi towards RT-9 / RT-10 / RT-12
2:25 PM 205.3 Road name changes to SR-12 for 1.3 mi
2:26 PM 206.6 Turn RIGHT onto Ramp for 0.2 mi towards Maple Ave. / RT-12A / Surry
2:26 PM 206.8 Turn RIGHT (North-East) onto SR-12A [Maple Ave] for 0.7 mi
2:28 PM 207.5 Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-12A [W Surrey Rd] for 4.0 mi
2:34 PM 211.5 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Crain Rd for 0.1 mi
2:35 PM 211.6 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) for 32 yds
2:35 PM 211.6  32   At Surry, return North on Local road(s) for 32 yds
2:35 PM 211.7 Turn LEFT (West) onto Crain Rd for 0.1 mi
2:36 PM 211.8 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto SR-12A [W Surrey Rd] for 2.6 mi
2:41 PM 214.4 Turn RIGHT (East) onto Gilsum Rd for 1.7 mi
2:44 PM 216.1 Road name changes to Surry Rd for 2.4 mi
2:48 PM 218.5 Turn LEFT (North) onto SR-10 for 0.7 mi
2:50 PM 219.2  33   At Gilsum, return West on SR-10 [Main St] for 5.8 mi
2:57 PM 225.0 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-9 [Franklin Pierce Hwy] for 4.5 mi
3:02 PM 229.5 Turn LEFT (North-West) onto Centre St for 54 yds
3:03 PM 229.5  34   At East Sullivan, return South-East on Centre St for 54 yds (continue an additional 2 miles to Sullivan.  2 miles to return)
3:03 PM 229.6 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-9 [Franklin Pierce Hwy] for 2.0 mi
3:06 PM 231.6 Turn RIGHT onto Ramp for 0.2 mi
3:06 PM 231.8 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Nelson Rd for 0.3 mi
3:06 PM 232.0 Turn LEFT to stay on Nelson Rd for 0.8 mi
3:08 PM 232.9 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Curtis Rd for 0.7 mi
3:10 PM 233.5 Turn LEFT (East) onto Center Pond Rd for 0.6 mi
3:12 PM 234.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Cemetery Rd for 0.1 mi
3:13 PM 234.3  35   At Nelson, stay on Cemetery Rd (South) for 0.6 mi
3:14 PM 234.9 Keep LEFT onto Siver Lake Rd for 1.1 mi
3:16 PM 236.1 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Nelson Rd for 1.9 mi
3:20 PM 237.9 Road name changes to Main St for 0.3 mi
3:21 PM 238.2  36   At Harrisville, stay on Main St (South-East) for 0.7 mi
3:22 PM 238.9 Road name changes to Dublin Rd for 1.7 mi
3:25 PM 240.6 Road name changes to New Harrisville Rd for 1.2 mi
3:27 PM 241.7 Turn RIGHT (West) onto SR-101 [Main St] for 0.4 mi
3:28 PM 242.1  37   At Dublin, stay on SR-101 [Main St] (West) for 4.7 mi
3:34 PM 246.8 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Chesham Rd for 0.7 mi
3:36 PM 247.5 Turn LEFT (North) onto Meadow Rd for 0.5 mi
3:38 PM 248.0 Road name changes to Chesham Rd for 0.4 mi
3:39 PM 248.4 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Dawes Rd [Hardy Hill Rd] for 1.1 mi
3:41 PM 249.6 Bear LEFT (West) onto Willard Rd for 0.3 mi
3:42 PM 249.9 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Woodward Pond Rd for 1.8 mi
3:45 PM 251.7 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto Middletown Rd for 0.1 mi
3:46 PM 251.8 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) for 109 yds
3:46 PM 251.9  38   At Roxbury Center, return South on Local road(s) for 109 yds
3:46 PM 251.9 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Middletown Rd for 2.8 mi
3:51 PM 254.7 Turn LEFT (South) onto Branch Rd for 1.3 mi
3:54 PM 256.0 Turn LEFT (North-East) onto SR-101 for 1.8 mi
3:57 PM 257.9  39   At Marlborough, stay on SR-101 [Main St] (East) for 153 yds
3:57 PM 258.0 Turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-124 [Jaffrey Rd] for 0.9 mi
3:59 PM 258.9 Keep RIGHT onto Webb Depot Rd for 1.5 mi
4:02 PM 260.4 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto SR-12 [Monadnock Hwy] for 3.8 mi
4:07 PM 264.2  40   At Troy, stay on SR-12 [S Main St] (South-East) for 3.8 mi
4:12 PM 268.0 Turn RIGHT (West) onto SR-119 [Richmond Rd] for 0.2 mi
4:12 PM 268.2  41   Arrive Fitzwilliam
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