Getting To Distant Hill

Coordinates for Distant Hill Gardens 

Latitude:  43.085564

Longitude: -72.364883

GPS Users: 

GPS may direct you to the wrong location on March Hill Road if you enter 507 March Hill Road, Walpole. The problem occurs because Distant Hill Gardens and Nature Trail is located in two towns with the town line dividing the property.

Instead use 66 March Hill Road, Alstead, which is the address of the Nature Trail. Once you get to March Hill Road keep an eye out for 507 on our mailbox, about a quarter-mile from the east end of the March Hill Road.

GPS may also direct you to take some questionable gravel roads. If in doubt, stick to the paved roads.

Cell Phone Users: 

There is spotty cell reception here on Distant Hill. It would be wise to print out the directions or save them to your phone before you come.

Distant Hill Gardens

507 March Hill Road

Walpole, NH 03608

Distant Hill Nature Trail

66 March Hill Road

Alstead, NH 03602

From the post office in downtown Walpole, NH: 

1. Go south on Main Street a few hundred feet from the post office.
2. Turn left onto Prospect Hill Road.
3. Go 0.75 mile up a steep hill.
4. Just past the Hooper Golf Course, take a left onto Maple Grove Road.
5. Go another 0.75 mile.
6. Stay to the left of Toles Automotive then bear right onto March Hill Road.
7. Go 2.25 miles.
8. The driveway to Distant Hill Gardens is on left, directly across from our mailbox - 507 March Hill Road. (just past a large run-down arched-roofed barn on the right).
9. For Distant Hill Nature Trail go 200 feet further east on March Hill Road.

From the bandstand on Central Square in downtown Keene, NH:

1. Take Court Street north out of Central Square 2.5 miles to your second traffic circle. (Note: Go straight through the first traffic circle at the Hospital.)
2. Take the first exit out of the second traffic circle. It is a right turn, just past the entrance to a 7/11 convenience store on the right (its more like straight ahead). Look for a sign a bit down the road for Surry/Alstead. This is Route 12A North.
3. Go 8 miles on Route 12A.
4. Turn left onto Walpole Valley Road. (If you start going uphill on Rt.12A, you missed the turn.)
5. Go uphill for 2 miles on Walpole Valley Road. 
6. Turn left onto March Hill Road.
7. Go 0.25 mile on March Hill Road.
8. Distant Hill Nature Trail will be on the right just before the Walpole/Alstead town-line.
9. The driveway to Distant Hill Gardens is 200 feet further west on March Hill Road, directly across from our mailbox - 507 March Hill Road.

From the intersection of Route 10 and Main Street in Gilsum, NH: 

1. Go south on Route 10 for 0.6 miles.
2. Take a right onto Surry Road (at the beautiful and historic Stone Arch Bridge)
3. Go 2.5 miles to the end of Surry Road.
4. Take a right onto Route 12A North.
5. Go 1.2 miles on Rt. 12A North. 
6. Turn left onto Walpole Valley Road. 
7. Go uphill for 2 miles on Walpole Valley Road. 
8. Turn left onto March Hill Road.
9. Go 0.25 mile on March Hill Road.
10. Distant Hill Nature Trail will be on the right just before the Walpole/Alstead town-line.
11. The driveway to Distant Hill Gardens is 200 feet further west on March Hill Road, directly across from our mailbox - 507 March Hill Road.