The walls of the Flume are overarched by a forest canopy and covered with mosses, ferns and flowers that in summer produce a tapestry of color. The floor of the gorge where Flume Brook flows is strewn with rocks deposited eons ago. In winter the Flume is like another world as great icicles hang from the walls.
For centuries a large egg-shaped boulder hung suspended between the walls of the gorge. On June 20, 1883 a cloudburst on Mt. Liberty started an avalanche of water, earth, rock and trees that roared through the Flume carrying away the great stone.
According to local folk-lore the Flume was discovered in 1808 by "Aunt Jess" Guernsey, one of the pioneers of the region, who at age 93 went trout fishing and upon returning home told of looking into a great chasm. At first no one believed her, later word reached the outside world bringing visitors to this natural wonder.
| HM Number | HM1G3X |
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| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 18th, 2014 at 12:05am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 19T E 285476 N 4886154 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 44.09713333, -71.68006667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 44° 5.828', W 71° 40.804' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 44° 5' 49.68" N, 71° 40' 48.24" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 603 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 852 Daniel Webster Hwy, Lincoln NH 03251, US |
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