Whether alone or with your family, making the effort to enhance your mind and body is always worth the time. Visit the expansive and thoughtful Hood Museum before walking through an enchanted forest. It will recalibrate your outlook on the mysteries and wonders of our world. It is exactly what you want to do.
Everyone is welcome to experience the well-curated and renovated Hood Museum.
Alison Palizzolo-wikimedia commons It’s open and free to all.
The Hood Museum is part of Dartmouth College.
Kane5187/wikipedia In fact, it enriches and supports every aspect of the esteemed Ivy League curriculum.
The collection contains 65,000 contemporary and historical objects from all over the world.
Alison Palizzolo-wikimedia commons As a result, visitors often feel inspired by new ideas and ancient ways of thinking.
Indeed, encountering work from different cultures and historical periods opens minds.
By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27486864 This Assyrian stone relief from the Palace of Ashurnasipal II dates to approximately 900 BCE.
Dartmouth College sits in what was once part of a large pine forest. As the town grew, part of the forest gave way to buildings and houses.
Wendy Baxter/Alltrails Yet, the forest is still there. And it is wild and worth a look.
The hike to Velvet Rocks begins right off the corner of East Wheelock and Main Street.
Bill Doaner/Alltrails
Velvet Rocks Shelter is a popular landmark about two miles from the start of the walk.
Cathy Pelton/Alltrails Those looking for a shorter hike often walk back to town from here.
If you want to hike to the top of Velvet Rocks, it is only a moderate challenge.
Lee Whitmore/Alltrails You can do it!
The dense vegetation and moss-covered landscape create a mystical vibe.
Valerie Boyd/Alltrails This is the place you remember from childhood fairytales.
A visit to the Hood Museum followed by a hike to the Velvet Rocks via the Appalachian Trail is a perfect day. Let us know how much you enjoyed it!
Alison Palizzolo-wikimedia commons
It’s open and free to all.
Kane5187/wikipedia
In fact, it enriches and supports every aspect of the esteemed Ivy League curriculum.
As a result, visitors often feel inspired by new ideas and ancient ways of thinking.
By Daderot - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27486864
This Assyrian stone relief from the Palace of Ashurnasipal II dates to approximately 900 BCE.
Wendy Baxter/Alltrails
Yet, the forest is still there. And it is wild and worth a look.
Bill Doaner/Alltrails
Cathy Pelton/Alltrails
Those looking for a shorter hike often walk back to town from here.
Lee Whitmore/Alltrails
You can do it!
Valerie Boyd/Alltrails
This is the place you remember from childhood fairytales.
Check out the Hood Museum’s official website. Find more information about the Velvet Rocks via Appalachian Trail here.
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Address: Hood Museum of Art, 6 E Wheelock St, Hanover, NH 03755, USAAddress: Velvet Rocks, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
