Day Hiking

Day Hiking Areas

• Androscoggin Ranger District

  Located on the northern part of the forest in New Hampshire and western Maine, the District offers a variety of recreational opportunities. Challenge yourself in the Presidential Range including Tuckerman Ravine or the Great Gulf Wilderness; enjoy the beauty of the area at places like Glen Ellis Falls; get away from it all along Scenic Route 113 or in the Wild River and Caribou-Speckled Wildernesses. Recreational opportunities abound: hiking, camping, hiking, biking, fishing, skiing (alpine, cross country, and backcountry), snowmobiling, snowshoeing and much more.  

• Albany Brook Trailhead
• Albany Mountain Trailhead
• Alpine Garden Trailhead
• Appalachia Trailhead
• Barnes Field Group Campground
• Burnt Mill Brook Trailhead
• Caribou East Trailhead
• Caribou West / Mud Brook Trailhead
• Carter / Moriah Trailhead
• Castle Trailhead
• Centennial Trailhead
• Chandler Brook Trailhead
• Crocker Pond Campground
• Daniel Webster Trailhead
• Direttissma Trailhead
• E Royce / Spruce Hill Trailhead
• Gentian Pond Shelter
• Glen Ellis Scenic Area
• Great Glen Nordic Ski Area
• Great Gulf Link Trailhead
• Great Gulf Wilderness Trailhead
• Hastings Trailhead
• Haystack Notch East / Miles Notch North Trailhead
• Haystack Notch East Trailhead
• Hermit Lake Shelters
• Howker Ridge / Randolph Path Trailhead
• Huntington Ravine Trailhead
• Imp Shelter
• Imp South Trailhead
• Kilkenny Ridge Trailhead
• Landing Camp Trailhead
• Lowes Path Trailhead
• Madison Gulf / Old Jackson Road North Trailhead
• Mill Brook Trailhead
• Mt Cabot Cabin
• Nelson Crag Trailhead
• Nineteen Mile Brook Trailhead
• Pine Mountain Trailhead
• Pine Mtn / Pine Link Trailhead
• Pinkham Notch Trailhead
• Rattle River Trailhead
• Roost North Trailhead
• Roost South Trailhead
• Shelburne North Trailhead
• Shelburne South Trailhead
• Starr King Trailhead
• Stony Brook Trailhead
• Thompson Falls Trailhead
• Townline Brook Trailhead
• Tuckerman Ravine Trail
• Unknown Pond North Trailhead
• Unknown Pond South Trailhead
• Unknown Pond Tentsite
• Valley Way Tentsite
• Wamsutta Trailhead
• Wheeler Brook East Trailhead
• Wheeler Brook West Trailhead
• Wild River / Basin Trailhead
• Wild River Campground
• York Pond East Trailhead
• Pemigewasset Ranger District

  Located on the western portion of the Forest, the District offers a variety of recreational opportunities. Bisected by Interstate 93, you can jump off at exit 28 and escape up to Waterville Valley or push on a little further to exit 32 and relish the day traveling through the mountains on the Kancamagus Scenic Byway; challenge yourself at the world renowned Rumney Rocks Rock Climbing Area; seek renewal in the large and remote Pemigewasset Wilderness; brag about the one that got away at Russell Pond. Recreational opportunities seem limitless: hiking, camping, hiking, biking, fishing, skiing (alpine, cross country, and backcountry), snowmobiling, snowshoeing and much more.  

• Algonquin Trailhead
• Ammonoosuc Ravine Trailhead
• Atwell Hill Trailhead
• Baker Pond Trailhead
• Basin Cascade Trailhead
• Beaver Brook Trailhead
• Benton Trailhead
• Black Mtn Trailhead
• Blueberry Mt N Trailhead
• Blueberry Mt S Trailhead
• Caps Ridge Trailhead
• Cherry Mountain Trailhead (Cherry Mountain Road)
• Cherry Mtn Trailhead (Forest Rd 115)
• Chippewa Trailhead
• Cobble Hill Trailhead
• Coppermine Trailhead
• Crawford Connector Trailhead
• Crawford Path Trailhead (Rte 302)
• Crawford Ridgepole Trailhead
• Discovery Trail Interpretive Site
• Drakes Brook/Sandwich Mtn Trailhead
• East Pond Trailhead (Kancamagus Hwy)
• East Pond Trailhead (Tripoli Rd)
• Edmands Path Trailhead
• Franconia Brook Tentsite
• Gale River Trailhead
• Garfield Trailhead
• Glencliff / Hurricane Trailhead
• Greeley Pond Trailhead (Kancamagus Hwy)
• Guinea Pond Trailhead
• Hale Brook Trailhead
• Hancock Notch Trailhead
• Hubbard Brook Trailhead
• Jericho Road Trailhead
• Liberty Springs Tentsite
• Lincoln Woods Trailhead
• Livermore S Trailhead
• Mad River Trailhead
• Moose Mountain Trailhead
• Moosilauke Carriage Road Trailhead
• Mt Cilley Trailhead
• Mt Tecumseh Trailhead
• North Twin Trailhead
• Old Waterville Road Trailhead
• Ore Hill Trailhead
• Osceola Trailhead
• Owls Head Trailhead
• Peaked Hill Pond Trailhead
• Rattlesnake Mtn Trailhead
• Ravine Lodge Trailhead
• Skookumchuck Trailhead
• Smarts Brook Trailhead
• Smarts Mountain Trailhead
• Snow's Mt N Trailhead
• Stinson Mtn Trailhead
• Sugarloaf Trailhead
• Tecumseh Trailhead (Tripoli Rd)
• Thirteen Falls Tentsite
• Three Ponds Trailhead
• Townline N Trailhead
• Townline S / Wachipauka N Trailhead
• Trescott Road Trailhead
• Tunnel Brook North Trailhead
• Tunnel Brook S Trailhead
• Wachipauka Pond S Trailhead
• Welch-Dickey Trailhead
• Zealand Trailhead (Forest Rd 16)
• Saco Ranger District

  Located on the south eastern part of the forest, the District offers a variety of different recreational opportunities. Journey across the Kancamagus Scenic Byway; experience the famous Mt Chocorua area; find solitude in the Presidential Range-Dry River or Sandwich Wildernesses; or discover the beauty along Scenic Route 113. Recreational opportunities are endless: hiking, camping, hiking, biking, fishing, skiing (alpine, cross country, and backcountry), snowmobiling, snowshoeing and much more.  

• Albany Covered Bridge
• Attitash Trailhead
• Baldface Trailhead
• Bear Notch Ski Touring
• Black Mountain Ski Trailhead
• Bog Brook Trailhead
• Boulder Loop Trailhead
• Brickett Place Interpretive Site
• Cabin Trailhead
• Camp Penacook Shelter
• Carter Ledge Trailhead
• Champney Falls Trailhead
• Church Pond Trailhead
• Cold Brook Trailhead
• Cold River Overlook
• Davis Path Trailhead
• Deer Hills Trailhead
• Diana's Baths
• Doublehead Cabin
• Doublehead Trailhead
• Dry River Shelter #3
• Dry River Trailhead
• East Branch Trailhead
• Ethan Pond - Ripley Falls Trailhead
• Ferncroft Trailhead
• Flat Mountain Pond Shelter
• Flat Mountain Pond Trailhead (Bennett Street)
• Flat Mtn Pond Trail / White Face Trailhead (Intervale)
• Great Brook Trailhead
• Hammond Trailhead
• Horseshoe Pond Trailhead
• Hutmen's Trailhead
• Iron Mtn Trailhead
• Kearsarge North Trailhead
• Kearsarge Tower Observation Site
• Laughing Lion Trailhead
• Lily Pond Vista
• Livermore N Trailhead
• Mead Explorer Base Camp
• Miles Notch Trailhead
• Mountain Pond Shelter
• Mountain Pond Trailhead
• Mt Carrigan Observation Site
• Mt Meader Trailhead
• Mt. Langdon Trailhead
• Mt. Stanton Trailhead
• Mt. Tremont Trailhead
• Nancy Pond Trailhead
• Pine Bend Brook Trailhead
• Piper Trailhead
• Province Brook Trailhead
• Province Pond Shelter
• Rocky Branch Trail
• Royce Mtn Trailhead
• Sabbaday Falls Observation Site
• Sawyer Pond Shelter & Tentsite
• Sawyer Pond Trailhead (Kancamagus Hwy)
• Shell Pond Trailhead
• Slippery Brook Trailhead
• South Moat Mountain Trailhead
• Stone House / White Cairn Trailhead
• Webster - Jackson Trailhead
• Webster Cliff Trailhead
• Weeks Brook Trailhead
• Wentworth Trail / Mead BaseTrailhead
• White Ledge Campground
• White Ledge Trailhead
• Winniweta Falls Trailhead