Mink Brook
Mink Brook Trail Map
Features
Conserved in 1999 in partnership with the Upper Valley Land Trust, Dartmouth College, and the generosity of the Hanover community, the Mink Brook Nature Preserve offers a natural retreat just south of downtown Hanover. The predominant natural community is upland forest composed of white pine and hemlock. The property features two brooks. The smaller of these is Trout Brook, which winds northward to join Mink Brook. Mink Brook is a direct tributary to the Connecticut River. Many of the paths within the Preserve parallel Mink Brook and pass by pool and riffle areas of this dynamic boulder filled watercourse.
Trail Information and Map
The property offers a variety of walking terrain. The easy terrain of Quinn Trail is accessible to both strollers and wheelchairs and links up with the trails in the Tanzi Tract, a preserve of the Town of Hanover. On the south side of Mink Brook, wooded hiking trails link up with trails to preserved land in Lebanon.
What to Do: Mink Brook Quest!
Explore the Mink Brook Nature Preserve through the imaginative treasure hunt that is the Mink Brook Quest, created by the ValleyQuest program of Vital Communities. Bring along a compass and field guide to help you solve the clues.
How to get there
From Route 10 in Hanover, turn onto Brook Road just north of the bridge over Mink Brook. Parking is available in the pulloff by the trailhead on Brook Road. Walk through the gate to the kiosk just up the path.
Trout Brook at Mink Brook Nature Preserve
New Mink Brook Crossing
Visitors to Mink Brook Nature Preserve can now enjoy easier access to both sides of the preserve! A dramatic new, single-plank suspension bridge connects the Quinn Trail with the trails on the southern portion of the property, including trails that connect with Buck Road in Hanover, and Lebanon’s Sachem Village and Indian Ridge .
The bridge would not have been possible without strong community support for the Council throughout the planning and construction. Thank you to all of our volunteers: the Mink Brook Stewardship Committee, the Quinn family, Chippers, Tahawus Trails, Upper Valley Land Trust, and the National Park Service’s Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program.
The bridge over Mink Brook completed in 2009
