Getting Lost Together

New Hampshire trails based on the distance we hiked. Difficulty based on my daughter and I’s hiking ability. Trail distance is oneway unless specified otherwise. 

Easy: good for beginner hikers or those with children, with minimal elevation gain. 

• Adams Point Durham

• Andres Institute of Art Brookline

• Artist Bluff Near Franconia

• Bass Brook Trail Peterborough

• Beaver Brook-Hollis

• Beaver Brook Trails off Proctor Hill Road Hollis

• Beaver Brook Old City Trail Hollis

• Beech Hill Keene

• Benson’s Park Hudson

• Betsey Arnold Forest Amherst

• Bruce Edes Forest Bennington

• Buck Meadow Conservation Area Amherst

• Caesar’s Brook and Stone Wall Trail Loop Amherst

• Casalis State Forest Peterborough

• Cathedral of the Pines Trails Rindge

• Cedar Swamp Boardwalk at Loverens Mills Antrim

• Channing Trail at Harris Center Hancock

• Cider Mill Pond Trail Brookeline

• Clark Lookout Trail New London

• Converse Meadow Trail Rindge

• Cranberry Bog Peterborough

• Crotched Mountain Dutton Trail Greenfield

• Cunningham Pond Trail Peterborough

• Deering Wildlife Sanctuary Black Fox Pond Trail Deering

• Dinsmore Brook Conservation Area Francestown

• Distant Hill Nature Trails Alstead

• Dorrs Loop Trail Manchester

• Dubes Pond Hooksett

• Education Center at Joppa Hill Farm Bedford

• Edward MacDowell Dam Reservoir Peterborough

• Evans Flat Trail Peterborough

• Fall Mountain North Walpole

• Federal Hill Fire Tower Milford

• Fells Newbury

• Ferry Way Trail Loop Newington

• Florence Roberts Forest Mason

• Fremont Trail Peterborough

• Frog Rock New Boston

• Furnace Brook Trail New Ipswich

• Gelazauskas Preserve Hollis

• Gilson Pond Jaffrey

• Goffstown Railtrail Goffstown

• Gonic Trails Rochester

• Goose Pond Keene

• Gramwick Trail Jaffrey

• Granite State Railtrail Milford

• Greenville Mason Rail Trail Greenville/Mason

• Heald Tract-Heald Rd Wilton

• Highbridge Hill Elementary School Story Book Trail New Ipswich

• High Blue Walpole

• High Five Reservation Deering

• Hiroshi Hayashi Conservation Land Trail Peterborough

• Hitchiner Town Forest Milford

• Hogback Trail at Greenfield State Park Greenfield

• Honey Hill Swanzey

• Horse Hill Nature Preserve Merrimack

• Jaffrey Rindge Rail Trail Jaffrey, Rindge and Winchendon MA

• Katie Metzger Town Forest Walking Trail Fitzwilliam

• Lake Potanipo Walking Path Brookline

• Loverens Mills Trail Antrim

• Madison Boulder Madison

• Manchester Cedar Swamp Trail Manchester

• Mayflower Hill Town Forest Milford

• McCabe Forest Antrim

• Meadow Marsh Trail Antrim

• Mill Pond and Goodhue Hill Trail Antrim

• Mines Fall Park Nashua

• Monson Village Milford

• Mount Caesar Swanzey

• Nashua River Rail Trail Nashua

• New Boston Rail Trail New Boston

• North Pond Trail Harrisville

• Nussdorfer Nature Area New Ipswich

• Palmer-Bartell Forest Brookline

• Parish Pond Town Forest Amherst

• Peabody Mill Environmental Center Amherst

• Peverly Pond Newington

• Perry Reservation Sharon

• Peterborough Common Pathyway and The Old Railroad Trail Peterborough

• Pinnacle Park Hooksett

• Pitcher Mountain Stoddard

• Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary Amherst

• Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge Jefferson

• Prescott Farm Laconia

• Pulpit Rock Trail Bedford

• Rhododendron State Park Fitzwilliam

• Robert Frost Farm Poetry Trail Derry

• Rotch Wildlife Preserve Milford

• Ruth LeClair Trail Goshen

• Seccombe Trail Peterborough

• Sewall Falls Trail Concord

• Sheldrick Forest Wilton

• Shieling Forest Peterborough

• Sip Pond Peninsula Trail Fitzwilliam

• Slip Mile Forest Mitchell Brook Trail Milford

• Souhegan River Trail Milford

• The Basin Franconia Notch

• The Flume Franconia Notch

• Tippin Rock Swanzey

• Trails at Willard Pond Antrim

• Tucker Brook Falls Milford

• Tucker Brook North Milford

• Wales Preserve Sharon

• Warner Hill Fire Tower Derry

• Wheeler Trail Peterborough

• White Ledges Temple

• Widow Gage Town Trail Fitzwilliam

Moderate: for people who have some experience hiking and want a small challenge. 

• Bacon Ledges Stoddard

• Bald Mountain-Antrim

• Barrett Mountain to Pratt Mountain on the Wapack New Ipswich

• Bears Den Gilsum

• Berry Pasture Trail Sharon

• Blue Job Mountain and Fire Tower Farmington

• Carroll’s Hill Swanzey

• Cobb Hill Hancock

• Crotched Mountain Bennington Trail-Bennington/Greenfield

• Crotched Mountain Shannon Trail Greenfield

• Frank Robbins Trail New Ipswich

• Fox Forest Hillsborough

• Gap Mountain Troy

• Hedgehog Mountain Deering

• Kearsarge via the Auto Road Wilmont

• Kidder Mountain New Ipswich

• Kulish Ledges Nelson

• Little Monadnock Fitzwilliam

• Madame Sherri Forest Chesterfield

• Mile Slip Forest Badger Hill Trail Milford

• North Pack Monadnock Greenfield

• Pack Monadnock Auto Road Peterborough

• Pawtuckaway Fire Tower Nottingham

• Pinnacle and Rose Mountains Lyndeborough

• Russell Abbott State Forest Mason

• Sharon Ledges and More Sharon

• Skatutakee and Thumb Mountain Hancock

• Temple Mountain Peterborough

Hard: for people looking for a challenge either elevation gain or distance.

Mount Monadnock Jaffrey

Hiking Trail Blogs

• Fall Hikes in the Monadnock Region

• Five Places to Snowshoe in the Monadnock Region

• Skiing at Shattuck Golf Course Jaffrey

• Top Hikes with Kids in the Monadnock Region

These are recommendations for activities to attempt at your own risk. Nature can be a dangerous place, make sure you are prepared and take proper precautions. If you have health concerns consult your doctor before embarking on an outdoor adventure.