Distance: .4 Miles
Difficulty: Easy
Did you know that the largest glacial erratic in North American and possibly the world is located right here in New Hampshire. When I was doing some research for my Explore the Granite State Challenge I learned about Madison Boulder. Located on Boulder Road in Madison is this amazing natural wonder. In the winter you have to park along the road as the parking lot is not plowed. In the non snowy months there is a small parking lot.
From the parking lot you walk .4 miles down a flat path to this amazing boulder.
From the NH State Park Website, “Boulder is a huge granite rock measuring 83 feet in length, 23 feet in height above the ground, 37 feet in width, and weighs upwards of 5,000 tons.” The boulder was pretty impressive. To get an idea of how big it is, in the picture below is my husband and daughter. My husband is 6ft 2in.
We only spent about 30 minutes total here, therefore I would not make this my primary destination, but if you are in the Conway area I highly recommend stopping to check it out.
