Skip to content
Menu
wandering matt
  • Book: 4000s by 40
  • 4000s by 40 Gallery
  • NH Hikes & Peak Lists
  • In the Mountains
  • In Nature
  • In Writing
  • In Verse
  • In Health
  • In Life
  • About Matt
  • Seekers Bookshop & Reviews
  • Home
wandering matt

Tag: hiking

millipede trail grater woods

Running in Loops at Grater Woods

Posted on September 8, 2025September 8, 2025

Headed to a set of trails called Grater Woods today and found myself running in loops. From the trailhead at 14 Grater Road, I took the Salamander Trail, which meandered its way back and forth so many times I was beginning to think I took a wrong turn—I felt a little like Alice in Wonderland….

summit middle mountain pawtuckaway

Pawtuckaway Not Faraway

Posted on September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

If you don’t have time to head further north into the White Mountains of New Hampshire, Pawtuckaway State Park may fit the bill for you. I haven’t been to the campsite area, but yesterday I made my fourth visit to the park (that I can recall), in order to get out for a little trail…

the corn crib amherst nh

Explore Where You’re At

Posted on September 5, 2025September 5, 2025

We all want to see something new. Learn something new. Experience something new. Too often, though, we assign those discoveries to far-off places. A vacation in another state or country. A show in the city. A mountain that takes all day to reach. There’s simply not enough time in the week, or the year, to…

observation point pond parish

Go Where Others Don’t

Posted on September 2, 2025October 7, 2025

Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken has been heralded and used as motivation for independent endeavors for over one hundred years now. Its last three lines are poetry legend:

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”

  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • …
  • 23
  • Next
4000s by 40 3D Cover

Love the mountains? 4000s by 40 is a story of missteps, hard-earned lessons, and the mountains that shape us.
[Find it here]

Thanks for visiting!
If you’d like occasional updates on new posts, upcoming books, and other stories from the trail, subscribe to the monthly newsletter. No daily inbox flooding—just a thoughtful monthly roundup of what’s happening.

WELCOME! THANKS FOR SIGNING UP! LOOK IN YOUR INBOX FOR A CONFIRMATION EMAIL...

SITE SEARCH

If you're looking for something specific, explore the site. Search on any word, mountain, etc., to see if you can find what you are looking for:

Search Bar

LATEST WANDERINGS

  • April 22, 2026 by Matt Larson Tread Carefully Out There This Spring
  • April 20, 2026 by Matt Larson Hiking in the Rain: It's a Shell Game
  • April 19, 2026 by Matt Larson Back at North Pack
  • April 15, 2026 by Matt Larson Messages From the Federal Hill Fire Tower
  • April 15, 2026 by Matt Larson There Be Ghosts Out Here
  • April 12, 2026 by Matt Larson Searching for the Wolf Tree
  • April 9, 2026 by Matt Larson Stewards of the Earth
  • April 8, 2026 by Matt Larson A Sixteen Year Return to Mount Watatic

Wandering Matt On…

  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Goodreads
©2026 wandering matt | WordPress Theme by Superbthemes.com