Distance: 1 mile loop
Difficulty: Easy
Located on Ruonala Road in Milford, New Hampshire is a short and fairly flat hiking trail. Rotch Wildlife Preserve has trails along a marsh, through the woods and along a stream. There is a small parking lot off Ruonala Road. The trail is easy to follow with maps at various locations and trail markers. There is also a map online. The trail starts out meandering through the woods, following white trail blazes. Soon you start to get views of the marsh through the trees.
There are a couple benches along the marsh to sit and enjoy the views.
We followed the trail until we came to a split. We went left which followed the Brook Trail, which is marked by blue trail blazes. This trail wandered through the woods and came to a stream. Since we are in a drought there was very little to no water in the brook.
The trail looped around coming back to the marsh.
Once you complete the loop you follow the trail back to the parking lot. The trail was only a mile long. With the trail being near Route 13 you could hear a lot of traffic noise. We found the trail pretty, easy to navigate and perfect if you were short on time and wanted to get in a quick walk in the woods.
