WoW Hike - Mattabasset Trail, Durham 11/18/23

Join Women of the Woods for an 4.5 to 5-mile hike on the Mattabesset Trail (AKA New England Trail) and a side trail past Coginchaug cave in Durham. This is a beautiful and fairly new section of trail that has lots of rocky ups and downs, but nothing very sustained. We will visit a cave, and enjoy the many rocky outcrops and a few pretty streams. The section we are hiking replaces what was a long road walk on Pisgah Rd and Old Blue Hills Rd. We will hike from a parking spot on Old Blue Hills Rd past Coginchaug Cave to the parking area at the end of Dead Hill Rd, Durham. We meet at the Dead Hill parking lot and carpool to the start of the hike on Old Blue Hills Rd. There will be a completely different and easier hike from the Dead Hill Parking lot on…