• The Little Studio and Saint-Gaudens' home

    Saint-Gaudens

    National Historic Site New Hampshire

Mammals

Photo of an Eastern Chipmunk, a type found at Saint-Gaudens NHS

Photograph of an Eastern Chipmunk, a type commonly found at Saint-Gaudens NHS.

The brooks, ponds, numerous seeps, fields, and woodlands offer plenty of shelter and habitat for the more than thirty mammal species found at Saint-Gaudens NHS. Some of the more common sightings are of White-tailed Deer, Eastern Chipmunks, and Gray Squirrels. Less frequent sightings of mink, fisher, and beaver are possible around the Mill Pond and its tributaries. On rare occasions Moose or Black Bear may be seen. Also present in the park are several types of mice and shrews along with Eastern Coyote, Woodchuck, Porcupine, and Red Fox.

Did You Know?

President Woodrwo Wilson had the summer white house in Cornish, N.H. for three years during his presidency.

President Woodrow Wilson became a part of the "Cornish Art Colony" when he established the summer White House in Cornish, N.H. for three years during his administration (1913,14,15). His first wife, Ellen Axson Wilson, was a painter.