Knowles Pond Conservation Area

Map R16 Lot 12 Knowles Pond is the most well known of the town’s properties with many walking trails and access to Knowles Pond for non-motorized boating and fishing.  This property belonged to the T-N Aqueduct Company with the pond providing municipal water to Northfield and Tilton residents. When the water company installed wells on Rte 140, they no longer needed this property. The Knowles family generously offered to donate half the purchase price of $375,000 and at a special town meeting in 1999 voters approved spending the balance in order to protect the pond. There are many well marked trails for hiking, a ledge for swimming and a boat put in for boating.