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Parks of White Mountains - Crawford Notch State Park

On US Route 302
Harts Location, NH (12 miles NW of Bartlett)

This 5,775 acre park provides access to numerous hiking trails, waterfalls, fishing, wildlife viewing, and spectacular mountain views. Crawford Notch State Park is rich in history with the famous Willey House. There are picnicking areas, parking for hiking, as well as scenic pull-offs and a [...]

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Notches of the White Mountains - Crawford Notch

Crawford Notch is the steep and narrow gorge of the Saco River in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, located almost entirely within the town of Hart’s Location. Roughly half of that town is contained in Crawford Notch State Park.
The notch is at the upper or northern end of this gorge (constituting the extreme southern [...]

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While Visiting Crawford Notch - Hike the Saco Lake Trail

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 [...]

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While Visiting Crawford Notch - Hike Mount Willard

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 [...]

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While Visiting Crawford Notch - Hike Elephant Head Spur

This short, easy spur path off the Webster-Jackson Trail takes hikers to the top of the landmark Elephant Head rock profile, which forms the east side of the Gateway to the Notch. A panoramic view of the Notch, the surrounding mountains, the old railroad depot, and the former Crawford House site are obtained by those [...]

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