Educational Resources

Valley Quest

Valley Quests are self-guided mini tours of special places throughout the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Managed by Vital Communities, a Vermont-based nonprofit organization, there are 120 Valley Quests to engage children, families, adults, and visitors in the region’s unique landscape, ecology, landmarks, and history. The Fells hosts a summer Valley Quest, where guests are given a set of rhyming clues and asked to solve the riddle to find a treasure box. You can find The Fells Quest on the Vital Communities Website.

Valley Quest

If you are interested in bringing a school group or field trip to the John Hay Estate at The Fells, please contact our Education Director at education@thefells.org or by phone at 603-763-4789, ext 5.

Learn about Archaeology

Clarence Hay, the son of John Milton Hay, who lived at the Fells from 1905-1969, was an archaeologist and curator at the NY Museum of Natural History. Explore the Natural History Museum’s website for games, videos, and hands-on activities!

American Museum of Natural History

Become an iNaturalist!

The iNaturalist app, a joint initiative of the California Academy of Sciences and the National Geographic Society, allows you to photograph wildlife and wild species you observe and quickly crowdsource identification. Plus, you're contributing to biodiversity science! Try this Scavenger Hunt using iNaturalist.

i-Naturalist