Bald Knob

We'll meet up at the Shannon Brook parking area on RT 171.  Starting with the Shannon Brook Trail, we'll use the Bald Knob cut-off trail. Here we'll see a great overlook of Lake Winnepesaukee and the Belknap Range (Gunstock) and have a lunch or snack.  After a back track on the Cut-off trail, we'll take in the Brook Trail.  There are seven waterfalls within this one mile hike   A hike back down Shannon Brook trail will bring us back to the parking lot.

The hike is 4 miles, with a top elevation of 1800'.  It will take 2-3 hours, which leaves plenty of time for a swim in Lake Winnepesaukee at the Melvin Village wharf.