Thoreau writes in his journal:
Leaving Loudon Ridge on the right we continued on by Hollow Road—a long way through the forest without houses—through a part of Canterbury into Gilmanton Factory village . . .
We continue along through Gilmanton to Meredith Bridge, passing the Suncook Mountain on our right, a long, barren rocky range overlooking Lake Winnepiseogee . . .
Camped within a mile south of Senter Harbor, in a birch wood on the right near the lake . . .