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Beautiful trail and ruins - HAUNTED!!
Madame Sherri Forest的点评
点评：Fantastic hidden gem of a hiking trail with dramatic castle ruins steeped in local history and HAUNTED legend! It’s beautiful- and eerie and spooky - especially in the moody fall weather. I love it so much I’ve been back twice on my visits to New England!
The ruins are of the former castle and home to Madame Sherri - a costume designer from Paris that made a name for herself on Broadway. But what she was most known for was her wildly scandalous parties at the castle during the prohibition era! Sadly she eventually lost her fortune, the castle fell to ruins, and she passed away as a ward of the state.
The spooky local legend says that if you stand on (or near) the stairs at midnight, a ghost (Mme Sherri?!!) comes and pushes you off!! This was such a popular legend that so many people would come stand on the stairs which sadly caused the top to collapse a few years ago and now you can’t climb them at all. I only found out about all this bc I met a lovely local woman at one of my hotels that told me all about it!
A fan of the Madame’s, Anne Stokes, bought and cared for the entire estate and eventually gifted it to the Forest Society and eventually became the property of the Nature Conservancy who still maintains it thankfully! It’s such a wonderful place!
The entire protected area encompasses 513 acres and includes numerous trails around the ruins, as well as several ponds, a small brook, and bog lands full of wildlife. Just getting to the trail is quite the adventure - you’re taken down eerie, rural New Hampshire backroads - not always the best maintained so be careful, especially with low clearance cars - it’s pretty remote and I’ve never seen anyone else on the trails when visiting lol!
The trail to the ruins is very short with hardly any elevation gain, but if you want a longer hike, the ruins trail joins up with the Anne Stokes loop and eventually with the much larger Wantastiquet – Monadnock Trail.
There’s a large gravel parking lot and lots of info signs at the trailhead with trail maps and info on all the history. Entrance is free but they do have QR codes for suggested donations of $5 to help maintain the ruins and property. There aren’t any bathrooms that I could find so plan ahead.
The ruins are of the former castle and home to Madame Sherri - a costume designer from Paris that made a name for herself on Broadway. But what she was most known for was her wildly scandalous parties at the castle during the prohibition era! Sadly she eventually lost her fortune, the castle fell to ruins, and she passed away as a ward of the state.
The spooky local legend says that if you stand on (or near) the stairs at midnight, a ghost (Mme Sherri?!!) comes and pushes you off!! This was such a popular legend that so many people would come stand on the stairs which sadly caused the top to collapse a few years ago and now you can’t climb them at all. I only found out about all this bc I met a lovely local woman at one of my hotels that told me all about it!
A fan of the Madame’s, Anne Stokes, bought and cared for the entire estate and eventually gifted it to the Forest Society and eventually became the property of the Nature Conservancy who still maintains it thankfully! It’s such a wonderful place!
The entire protected area encompasses 513 acres and includes numerous trails around the ruins, as well as several ponds, a small brook, and bog lands full of wildlife. Just getting to the trail is quite the adventure - you’re taken down eerie, rural New Hampshire backroads - not always the best maintained so be careful, especially with low clearance cars - it’s pretty remote and I’ve never seen anyone else on the trails when visiting lol!
The trail to the ruins is very short with hardly any elevation gain, but if you want a longer hike, the ruins trail joins up with the Anne Stokes loop and eventually with the much larger Wantastiquet – Monadnock Trail.
There’s a large gravel parking lot and lots of info signs at the trailhead with trail maps and info on all the history. Entrance is free but they do have QR codes for suggested donations of $5 to help maintain the ruins and property. There aren’t any bathrooms that I could find so plan ahead.
翻译：远足小径中隐藏的神奇瑰宝，拥有充满当地历史和闹鬼传说的戏剧性城堡遗址！它很美丽，但也很阴森恐怖，尤其是在喜怒无常的秋季天气里。我非常喜欢它，我在访问新英格兰时已经回来过两次了！
这里是前城堡的废墟，也是雪莉夫人的家，她是一位来自巴黎的服装设计师，在百老汇名声大噪。但她最出名的是她在禁酒令时期在城堡举办的极其丑闻的派对！不幸的是，她最终失去了财产，城堡变成了废墟，而她作为国家的监护人也去世了。
当地令人毛骨悚然的传说说，如果你在午夜站在楼梯上（或附近），一个鬼魂（雪莉女士？！！）就会过来把你推开！这是一个非常流行的传说，以至于很多人都会站在楼梯上，不幸的是几年前导致顶部塌陷，现在你根本无法爬上去。我直到我在一家酒店遇到一位可爱的当地女士才知道这一切，她告诉了我这一切！
夫人的粉丝安妮·斯托克斯 (Anne Stokes) 购买并照料了整个庄园，最终将其赠予森林协会，并最终成为大自然保护协会的财产，值得庆幸的是，大自然保护协会仍然维护着它！这真是一个美妙的地方！
整个保护区占地 513 英亩，包括废墟周围的众多小径，以及几个池塘、一条小溪和充满野生动物的沼泽地。到达这条小路就是一次相当大的冒险——你会被带到新罕布什尔州怪异的乡村小路上——并不总是维护得最好的，所以要小心，尤其是低净空汽车——它相当偏远，我从来没有在这条路上见过其他人。参观时的踪迹哈哈！
通往废墟的步道非常短，几乎没有任何海拔提升，但如果您想要更长的徒步旅行，废墟步道与安妮斯托克斯环路汇合，最终与更大的 Wantastiquet – 莫纳德诺克步道汇合。
有一个大型碎石停车场，步道入口处有很多信息标志，上面有步道地图和所有历史信息。入场免费，但他们有二维码，建议捐款 5 美元，以帮助维护废墟和财产。我找不到任何浴室，所以请提前计划。
这里是前城堡的废墟，也是雪莉夫人的家，她是一位来自巴黎的服装设计师，在百老汇名声大噪。但她最出名的是她在禁酒令时期在城堡举办的极其丑闻的派对！不幸的是，她最终失去了财产，城堡变成了废墟，而她作为国家的监护人也去世了。
当地令人毛骨悚然的传说说，如果你在午夜站在楼梯上（或附近），一个鬼魂（雪莉女士？！！）就会过来把你推开！这是一个非常流行的传说，以至于很多人都会站在楼梯上，不幸的是几年前导致顶部塌陷，现在你根本无法爬上去。我直到我在一家酒店遇到一位可爱的当地女士才知道这一切，她告诉了我这一切！
夫人的粉丝安妮·斯托克斯 (Anne Stokes) 购买并照料了整个庄园，最终将其赠予森林协会，并最终成为大自然保护协会的财产，值得庆幸的是，大自然保护协会仍然维护着它！这真是一个美妙的地方！
整个保护区占地 513 英亩，包括废墟周围的众多小径，以及几个池塘、一条小溪和充满野生动物的沼泽地。到达这条小路就是一次相当大的冒险——你会被带到新罕布什尔州怪异的乡村小路上——并不总是维护得最好的，所以要小心，尤其是低净空汽车——它相当偏远，我从来没有在这条路上见过其他人。参观时的踪迹哈哈！
通往废墟的步道非常短，几乎没有任何海拔提升，但如果您想要更长的徒步旅行，废墟步道与安妮斯托克斯环路汇合，最终与更大的 Wantastiquet – 莫纳德诺克步道汇合。
有一个大型碎石停车场，步道入口处有很多信息标志，上面有步道地图和所有历史信息。入场免费，但他们有二维码，建议捐款 5 美元，以帮助维护废墟和财产。我找不到任何浴室，所以请提前计划。
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