To fulfill these goals, two categories have been established, embracing a total of twelve significant areas. One category, consisting of rural lands, serves conservation and/or recreation needs. The second is focused on in-town uses. Between the two, and serving to link them, are the forested hillsides that form a tree-covered backdrop to the in-town portion of Hanover. Areas contain anywhere from one lot to many parcels with many landowners. Practicality dictates that protection of parcels be accomplished both strategically and opportunistically - when individual owners express interest - in the assumption that, over time, a whole, linked open space system will take shape.
Conservation / Recreation Areas
Appalachian Trail Buffers
Connecticut River Shoreline
King Hill Connections
Lord's Hill
Lyme Connection
Mink Brook Corridor
Monahan Valley
Moose Mountain East
Moose Mountain West
Slade Brook
Water Company Land
In-Town Areas
Although there are significant exceptions, in-town areas are typically small, single lots. As there are very few, all that become available for open space action are considered to be important.