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Features

Rail locomotive on tracks next to a trail with a cyclist riding on it.

Rail Trails
The regions' first and only complete map of rail trails.

Fire Towers
Every standing fire tower, mapped and categorized for trail users.

Covered Bridges
Covered bridges mapped across all six states.

Person standing on a rock atop a mountain, looking out over a distant mountain range.

Best Trails: New Hampshire
Best hikes and rail trails for each region of New Hampshire.

Hiker holding walking poles. Looking out over a sweeping panoramic landscape.

Challenges: New Hampshire
Our unique map of all 4K footers, 52WAV and Terrifying 25 trails.

Hiking Spotlights

Cog railway crossing a desolate mountain landscape.

Mount Washington
5★ hikes
8-9 miles · Hard
White Mountains, NH

Rocky outcrop high above a lake and winding road.

Dixville Notch
5★ hikes
2-5 miles · Moderate
Great North Woods, NH

Mount Ascutney
5★ hikes
1-9 miles · Moderate
Southern Region, VT

Person walking across a narrow pedestrian suspension bridge

Fisherman's Walk
4★ hike
1-2 miles · Easy
York, ME

Person standing in front of a cave entrance.

Sunderland Caves
4★ hike
2 miles · Easy
Sunderland, MA

Rail Trail Spotlights

Coastal promonotory featuring a squat lighthouse.

Shining Sea Bikeway
5★ trail
11 miles · Easy
Cape Cod, MA

Person on a bike stopping to admire the mountain views.

Presidential Rail Trail
5★ trail
19 miles · Moderate
White Mountains, NH

Cyclist riding by a large mural with an image of a bird.

East Boston Greenway
5★ trail
2 miles · Easy
Boston, MA

Cyclinst riding through the structure of a covered bridge.

Village Spur Trail
4★ trail
2 miles · Easy
Belmont, NH

A decomissioned locomotive on railroad tracks by a station building.

Rockingham Rail Trail
4★ trail
28 miles · Easy
Merrimack Region, NH

Categories:

• Rating	5 stars 4+ stars 4 stars 3 stars
• Type	hikes rail trails
• Difficulty	easy moderate hard
• Mileage	0-3 miles 3-5 miles 5-7 miles 7-10 miles 10+ miles
• Features	caves coastlines covered ridges fire towers geology lakes rail trails summits swimming holes waterfalls
• States	Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire Vermont
• 4+Star Hikes	0-3 miles 3-5 miles 5-7 miles 7-10 miles 10+ miles