The town of Orange covers roughly 14,848 acres, over a 1/3 of which make up a good part of Cardigan Mountain State Park and Cardigan Mountain State Forest. It is a beautiful drive up Cardigan Mountain Rd to the trail head, parking and picnic area. Here is a link to the trail map.
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Wonderful place for a picnic before you start your hike…
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I didn’t hike the trail, but I bet the views from the fire tower are spectacular! The town’s website has a great photo gallery including views from the top of Cardigan. If fishing is more your style, you can stop by Orange Pond…
Since it was late May when I toured Orange, I got to see one of my favorite trees in all its blooming splendor…
The Orange Town House is a lovely building, built in 1769…
Other buildings I saw included a wonderful barn…
And an old building, no longer used. I peeked in the window to see if I could determine what the building had been used for. Was it a small house at one time or perhaps a workshop? The bare interior didn’t give me any clues…
Thank you for coming along with me to Orange. Until next week…..
Touring NH 
Looks like a wonderful walk. So peaceful and I especially loved the red of the building against the green.
The barn really jumped out in contrast to the fields. If I ever get back in decent shape, perhaps I’ll go back and hike Cardigan.
I didn’t even know there was an Orange, New Hampshire!
Sometimes I wonder if you ever got out of the Monadnock region! Lol. It really was beautiful. I wish I could have hiked Mount Cardigan.
I don’t very often!
Like NHGS I have never heard of Orange! Orange you going to ask me in? Sorry, couldn’t resist!!
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I love that last house. Something to get the imagination going.