Drop-in Programs and Self-Directed Activities
Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to take a stroll through local history, and more, at Chase’s Mill this summer. Hosted tours and self-directed activities will take place on Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-noon from June 3 to October 8.
The Mill is located on the northwest corner of Lake Warren. Physical Location: 801 Forest Road, Alstead, NH 03602.
Please be sure to review our policies by clicking on the link below, as all visitors and participants will be required to adhere to these policies. Those taking a tour, in a class, or participating in a mill activity (not including our speaker programs) will need to sign a release form prior to participation in those activities. Please click below to learn more.
Water Power Tours - Saturdays and Sundays with Bob Brown and docents
Saturdays and Sundays, from June 3 to October 8, 10:00 am - noon
Suggested donation: $5
Tour size: 1-6 - Adults and children 8+ accompanied by an adult
Participants will see the major water-powered components of Chase’s Mill including watching the two turbines run. The larger turbine demonstrates how power moves from the turbine to the line shaft, countershafts, and machines. The smaller turbine demonstrates generating 12V electricity using a car alternator for electric lighting. The tour will include the gristmill and sawmill models made by Heman Chase.
Please note: If you're a party over 6 and would like to schedule a tour with Bob,
please click below and complete a request form.
About Bob Brown: As a child in the 1950s, my siblings and I were Heman Chase’s first regular “shop students.” From this influential early exposure to woodworking and making things, I went on to a career as a science educator. In retrospect, I now see Chase’s Mill as a “learning place” with the potential to enrich the creative lives of both young and older visitors.
Self-Directed Activities
Self-Guided Nature Trail Opening in July 2021
Open during regular Mill Hours
Saturdays and Sundays, from June 4 to October 9, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
As you walk along Warren Brook to view the old mill sites, stop and enjoy the local flora.
Take the available booklet with you to help identify the plants along the way.
Photo by Michael Chaladoff
What Is This?
Available during regular Mill Hours
Saturdays and Sundays, from June 4 to October 9, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Can you identify the artifacts around the Mill? Clipboards and artifacts are located on all levels of the mill.
See if you can identify the object and record you best guess on the clipboard. Don’t have a clue what it is? Then guess.
We want you to write down a creative idea of how it might have been used.
Can You Find?
Available during regular Mill Hours
Saturdays and Sundays, from June 4 to October 9, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pick up your checklist at the registration table. As you tour the mill and listen to the docent, see if you can find these machines and displays.
When you find each of the items listed, use the punch that is attached to that item. As you leave the Mill, compare your list to the master list.
Did you get them correct? Did you find all of them? If you need help, just ask.
Photo by Michael Chaladoff
These self-directed activities were developed by Juliana Stevens
About me: I am a lifelong resident of Alstead. I attended Edith Chase’s preschool and pounded lots of nails at Chase’s Mill.I am a retired teacher who taught physical education in grades kindergarten through college.