The Spruce Hole Bog, locally known as Spruce Hole, is a complete ecological community occupying a true

kettle hole A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating ...

in the town of

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. According to the National Register of Natural Landmarks: "It illustrates characteristics of a typical sphagnum-heath bog, localized in a specialized geologic setting." It was designated a

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in 1972. Spruce Hole is located west of the town center of Durham and is owned by the town, which has conserved around it. It is reached by a woods road off Packer's Falls Road, and despite the name, the surrounding forest is mostly white pine, hemlock, and birch. The bog is also adjacent to the Oyster River Forest, a permanently conserved + parcel owned by the town of Durham.

References

External links

Spruce Hole Bog and Conservation Area
- Durham, New Hampshire

from the

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