Madame Sherri's Forest

Madame Sherri's forest is a 488 acre forest preserve complete with her castle's ruins to explore.  We read about it in Marianne O'Connor's book "Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire" which is available from Barnes and Noble and other book retailers.

Madame Sherri was a very successful New York costume designer in the roaring 20s.  She spent her summer vacations in the southwest corner of New Hampshire and loved it's peacefulness.  She ended up buying a piece of farmland and building a 15 room "castle" in West Chesterfield, NH.  This castle was home to many wild parties when Madame Sherri would invite her friends up from NYC.  She abandoned the castle late in life to live in a nursing home.

The property has a small parking area at the corner of Gulf Rd and Egypt Rd in West Chesterfield, NH.  There is a kiosk with a trail map and other information in the parking lot.  After visiting the castle we hiked up to Indian pond which was beautiful and peaceful.  It would be a great place to have a  picnic!

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