From a building envelope on a wooded lot to a view cut or reclaimed field, we clear Bristol land right — stumps out, debris handled, grade left ready for what’s next.
The grades around Newfound are the steepest routine driveway work we do. Camp roads off West Shore Road and Whittemore Point fall fast to the water, and the private drives off them fall faster — some approaching the practical limit of what gravel can hold. Building these right means benching the subgrade, compacting bank-run in lifts, crowning hard, and armoring the ditch line with stone where the pitch would scour bare earth. Newfound’s famous clarity raises the stakes: runoff from a badly built drive goes straight downhill into the lake, so erosion control and the 250-foot Shoreland rules are front of mind on every waterfront job. Ledge is the other Bristol constant; granite shows at the surface across these hillsides, and hammering is a line item we discuss up front. Spring melt off the Cardigan foothills tests every culvert in town — we size for that week, not for August.
On a steep Newfound drive, spend on stone where the water runs: an armored ditch line and stone aprons at culvert outlets stop the scouring that eats gravel drives on these grades. And if bedrock shows anywhere on your lot, assume it continues underground — get test pits before you price a foundation.
Clearing is more than dropping trees. We take the lot from standing woods to usable ground: trees down and hauled or milled, stumps pulled and removed (not buried — buried stumps sink and leave holes years later), brush chipped or hauled, and the topsoil stripped, saved, and re-spread where you want it. The job ends with a lot that’s actually ready — rough-graded, drained, and clean.
Near the water we work within the NH Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act — the waterfront buffer has a tree-point system and clearing limits, and we plan cuts so your project stays legal and your frontage stays compliant.
Wooded-lot clearing in the Lakes Region typically runs $3,000–$8,000 per acre depending on tree density, terrain, and haul-away; lighter brush clearing runs less. Every job gets a free site walk and a flat quote before a machine moves.
Most heavily wooded Lakes Region acres run $3,000 to $8,000 to clear completely — trees, stumps, and debris — depending on density, terrain, and access. Light brush and sapling clearing costs far less. A site walk pins the number down, and the quote is flat.
Within 250 feet of a lake, NH's Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act limits cutting — the first 50 feet uses a tree point system and the area beyond it must keep a percentage of natural vegetation. Plenty of clearing is still allowed; it just has to be planned. We handle that planning on every waterfront job.
We pull stumps and haul them with the rest of the debris — chipping brush on site where it makes sense. We don't bury stumps on the lot; buried wood settles and leaves sinkholes in a lawn years later.
Free site walks, test pits before quotes, flat pricing, and a crew that knows Lakes Region ground.
Tell us where the property is and what you’re trying to do. We’ll walk the site, talk it through, and give you a straight, flat quote.
