Mount Hale in the Twin Range of the White Mountains has an elevation of 4,055 feet and is named after Reverend Edward Everett Hale, a famous American author and historian. Mount Hale is one of the 48 peaks in New Hampshire that are over 4,000 feet high, and it is popular among hikers and snowshoers. The most common trail to the summit is the Hale Brook Trail, which is 2.2 miles long and gains about 2,270 feet of elevation. The trail follows a brook with several stream crossings and passes through a forest of spruce and fir trees. The summit of Mount Hale has a large cairn (a pile of rocks) that marks the highest point, but it does not offer many views due to the surrounding trees. 

In the decades prior to 1911, the unregulated logging practices of private timber companies in the White Mountains had resulted in a damaged landscape susceptible to both fire and flood. Fires had burned thousands of acres, and flash floods affected the water power necessary to the mills of major industrial centers downstream, such as Manchester, New Hampshire, and Lowell, Massachusetts. Concerns over losses to industry, business, and tourism, and the growing conservation movement led to citizen action. The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) and Society for Protection of New Hampshire Forests (SPNHF) spearheaded an effort to ensure the permanent protection of the White Mountains from further depredation. After years of lobbying and intense public pressure, Senator John Weeks of Massachusetts, a native of Lancaster, New Hampshire, introduced legislation that became known as the Weeks Act. The Weeks Act was passed by Congress in 1911, appropriating 9 million dollars to purchase 6 million acres of land in the Eastern U.S. In turn, this led to the creation of the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) in 1918, and twenty-one other national forests throughout the north and southeast. Many of the groups who were instrumental in the passage of the Weeks Act, including the SPNHF and the AMC, are still active today, and the WMNF has grown from 7,000 acres to almost 800,000. Today, the reforested mountains and hillsides supply forest products and provide magnificent recreational opportunities while maintaining healthy watersheds and ecosystems.

The AllTrails website has a description and map of a hike using the Hale Brook Trail.