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GILL BROOK TRAIL | TOWN OF KEENE

are popular places to cool off on the way to or from other hot spots in the Adirondack Mountain Reserve—Indian Head, the Colvin Range, Nippletop—but the waterway can be its own destination. The Gill Brook trail follows along its waterfall-rich namesake before intersecting with the cutoff back to the Lake Road, making for a 1.5-mile loop—though there’s about a 2-mile walk

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