Distance (round trip): 3 1/4 miles
Walking time: 2 3/4 hours
Vertical rise: 1,000 feet
Difficulty: Moderate
One thousand feet above Franconia Notch is Lonesome Lake, one of the finest family hikes in the White Mountains, and a goal for climbers and visitors who take advantage of the graded
trail to walk in and see a true mountain lake [...]
DIFFICULT Dayhike: 8.9 miles (6.5 hours)
How To Get There:
Take I-93 and follow it towards Franconia Notch where it becomes the Franconia Notch Parkway. Get off the Parkway at the Lafayette Place exit, where the sign says TRAILHEAD PARKING. Park in the parking lot.
The Franconia Ridge is one of New England’s most dramatic hikes. Close to [...]
Location : Franconia Notch State Park
Distance : 4 miles one way, can be divided into 2
separate trips of 2 miles each.
Altitude gain: 500 feet
Difficulty: Easy
The Pemi Trail is a relatively level hike that runs along the Pemigewasset River in Franconia Notch from the Flume to Profile Lake, a total distance of 5-6 miles. You can [...]
This Hike is accessible via our Kancamagus Scenic Drive Post
Easy / Moderate. 2.8 miles (2-4 hours round trip)
Location : 27 miles east of Lincoln. Turn left off the Kancamagus Highway through the Covered Bridge. The trail is opposite the parking lot for the Albany Bridge. The Boulder Loop Trail is marked by yellow blazes. The [...]
This Hike is accessible via our Kancamagus Scenic Drive Post
Easy Walk. 0.4 mile (20 minutes to one hour trip)
Location : 19 miles east of Lincoln. A picturesque series of cascades in a narrow flume. Descriptive signs point out rock formations. There is a picnic area at the entrance of the trail.
Reach the falls via a [...]
This Hike is accessible via our Kancamagus Scenic Drive Post
Trail beginning : 1157 ft. elev. at Lincoln Woods Trail Parking Lot on the Kancamagus Highway.
Trail Ending : 1450ft. elev. at Pemigewasset Wilderness Boundary.
Length : 2.9 miles.
Access : Lincoln Woods Trail Parking Lot is located on the Kancamagus Highway 5 miles east of 1-93, Exit 28. [...]
Mount Monroe is the highest peak south of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire. It is the fourth highest mountain on the 4000 footers list for New Hampshire. The Lakes of the Clouds, and its AMC hut, lie nestled at the col between Mount Monroe and neighboring Mount Washington.
Mt. Monroe (5,372 feet) [...]
One of the Crawford Notch region’s lesser known, lesser used paths, this mixed trail- and-road loop hike circles the picturesque six-acre pond at the top of the Notch, just north of the narrow Gateway. The trail walk is just 0.3 mile in length, while the road walk alongside the pond’s western shore is 0.2 [...]
Round trip Distance : 3 1/4 miles
Walking time : 2 1/2 hours
Vertical rise : 925 feet
Perhaps the most popular hiking trail in the Crawford Notch region, this well traveled 1.6 mile path provides an easy ascent route to the summit ledges of 2,804-foot Mount Willard. The little railroad station at the north entrance to [...]
Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288 ft (1,917 m). It is famous for its dangerously erratic weather, holding the record for the highest wind gust directly measured at the Earth’s surface, at 231 mph (372 km/h) on the afternoon of April 12, 1934. It was known as Agiocochook, or “home of the Great [...]
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