Artist’s Bluff and Bald Mountain

• Hiking Distance: 1.5 miles
• Hiking Time: 1.25 hours

Off Route 18 in Franconia Notch State Park, just before the parking for Echo Lake. This trail offers great views. Short but steep.

Basin-Cascades

• Hiking Distance: 2 miles
• Time: 1.5 hours

Off Route 3 in Franconia Notch State Park. Starts at the Basin and ascends along beautiful Cascade Brook, ending at Cascade Brook Trail.

Black Cap Path

• Distance: 2.4 miles
• Time: 2 hours

3.7 miles off Route 16, Intervale, on Hurricane Mountain Road. Trail through spruce and beech forests leads to the
bare summit.

Boulder Loop Trail

• Distance: 2.8 miles
• Time: 2-4 hours

Dugway Road off the Kancamagus Highway. Excellent views for relatively little effort. An interpretive leaflet, keyed to numbered stations along the trail, is usually available.

Diana’s Bath Distance: 1 mile Time: 40 minutes Dirt road off West Side Road, Bartlett. .7 of a mile past Cathedral Ledge Road. Easy, relatively flat walk to beautiful rocky cascades. Greeley Ponds Distance: 3.5 miles Time: 2 hours 9.5 miles East of Lincoln on Kancamagus Scenic Byway. Grades are easy and the ponds beautiful. Lincoln Woods/ Wilderness Trail Distance: 3.2-6.4 miles Time: 1.5-3 hours 4 miles East of Lincoln on Kancamagus Highway. Follows an abandoned railroad grade.

Lonesome Lake

• Distance: 3.25 miles
• Time: 2.5 hours

Lafayette Place, Franconia Notch. Excellent footing on old bridle path; beautiful view of Franconia Ridge
from shore. Moderate to Easy Grade.

Mount Willard

• Distance: 3 miles
• Time: 2 hours

Route 302, Crawford Railroad Station. Goes to the ledges above the cliffs overlooking Crawford Notch. Easy grades, good footing, wonderful views.

Old Bridle Path

• Distance: 1.8 miles
• Time: 1.5 hours

Off Route 113 between Holderness and Center Sandwich. An easy route up West Rattlesnake for a view of Squam Lake.

Rail n’ River Trail Distance: .5 mile Time: 30 minutes At the Passacon way historic Site on the eastern end of the Kancamagus Highway. Ripley Falls Distance: 1.2 miles Time: 1 hour Side road off Route 302 in Crawford Notch, 1 mile south of Willey House site. Start on Ethan Pond Trail, and then follow Arethusa-Ripley Falls Trail to gorgeous 100 foot waterfall.

Sanguinary Ridge Trail

• Distance: 3 miles
• Time: 2.5 hours

Route 26, Dixville Notch. Starts at Flume Brook picnic area, climbs a scenic ridge. Spectacular views of Lake Gloriette and the Balsams Hotel.

Three Ponds Trail

• Distance: 5 miles
• Time: 3 hours

Off Stinson Lake Road in Warren. A relatively easy walk to an attractive pond and pond-side shelter.

Welch-Dickey Loop Trail

• Distance: 4.4 miles
• Time: 3.25 hours

Fine view for modest effort. Trail begins at the Orris Road parking area off Upper Mad River Road in Waterville Valley.