* For the true wilderness experience, WNE does not groom trails for Nordic (cross country) skiing
** WNE currently offers only canoes for member use
*** There is public access to Conway Lake via the public beach and boat launch and offers a private, gradual-entry sandy "beach" on the Conway property. Hunting/firearms are not allowed in WNE Conway. Hunting with firearms is not permitted in WNE Berlin/Gorham property but is allowed in the abutting lands of the White Mountain National Forrest and Jericho/Berlin ATV Park. Target practice, including skeet shooting, is allowed within WNE Berlin Gorham with permission and reservations only.
Activities at WNE properties: -Construct, reserve or obtain exclusive (use of) a: •Cabin •Hut •Yurt •Lean-to •Tent platform
-Teach a skill, lead a group or go "self-guided" •Walking/Hiking •Mountain Biking •Horseback riding •Doggy outings •Dog sledding •Snowshoeing •Cross country (Nordic) skiing •Picnicking •Orienteering •Scavenger hunts •Frisbee Golf •Skating •Sledding/Tubing •Canoeing •Archery •Skeet/target range •Direct access to State snowmobile trails •Direct access to Jericho ATV Park •Limited hunting and fishing
-Develop/test your "green" product within WNE •Outdoor products •"Green" construction materials/techniques •Alternate Energy products/ideas •"Green" horticulture/agriculture •Teach "Green investment" strategies
-Create your own wilderness adventure!
Although WNE offers the opportunity for guided and instructional programs, there is ample opportunity for peace and solitude. Your time in the wilderness can be customized to suit your individual objective(s).
Contact us early so that we can help you plan your adventure into the wilderness!
Instructors and group leaders:
If you would like to lead/teach an activity, complete and submit a WNE
The Berlin/Gorham property provides a very diverse ecology, interesting geology and shares nearly one mile of border with the 800,000 acre White MountainNational Forest. Another section of the property has direct access to the newly created 7,000 acre Jericho/Berlin ATV Park.
While the Conway property is smaller and less ecologically diverse than the Berlin/Gorham property, it provides limited access to Conway Lake and forested space for you and nature’s critters.
Except for "mud season", WNE properties are available for use year round
The climate in New England can be divided into four distinct seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Some native New Engladers like to include a fifth "mud season" that falls between winter and spring.
Mud season "happens" sometime between March and May and can last from one to several weeks, depending upon lattitude, altitude and weather conditions. Mud season occurs when the ice, frozen in the top-most layers of the earth, melts and makes the ground very soft and "muddy".
WNE is true wilderness !
There are no modern accomodations... there may or may not be good cell phone reception, the only running water is in the streams and brooks, the only electricity is stored in your batteries and the only place to poop is where the bears go (not entirely true... there are several composting toilets located in and around cabins, lean-tos and tent platforms) !
“Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.” [Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), U.S. philosopher, author, naturalist. "The Allegash and East Branch" (1864) in The Maine Woods (1864), in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, vol. 3, p. 242, Houghton Mifflin (1906).]
