Best Hiking Trails in New Hampshire | Trailmonger

About hiking in New Hampshire

New Hampshire has 3,771 named trails tagged for hiking on the map, covering 5,140 miles, an average of 1.4 miles each. The longest is Cohos Trail in Coos County, at 157 miles. 169 run 5 miles or longer. 10 of the state's counties have at least one; Grafton County has the most, with 738 trails.

Top 100 hiking trails, longest first

Cohos TrailHikeCoos County157 mi Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge GreenwayHikeMerrimack County49.7 mi Wantastiquet-Monadnock TrailHikeCheshire County45.0 mi Monadnock-Sunapee GreenwayHikeCheshire County26.3 mi Attitash TrailHikeMTBCarroll County26.1 mi Warren Recreational Rail TrailHikeMTBGrafton County24.3 mi Monadnock Recreational Rail TrailHikeMTBCheshire County21.7 mi Ashuelot Rail TrailHikeMTBCheshire County21.4 mi Cedar Brook TrailHikeGrafton County20.9 mi Signal Ridge TrailHikeGrafton County20.1 mi Mount Stanton TrailHikeCarroll County19.4 mi Ammonoosuc Rail TrailHikeGrafton County19.2 mi Wapack TrailHikeHillsborough County18.9 mi Corridor 18HikeCoos County18.6 mi Mount Garfield TrailHikeGrafton County18.3 mi Killkenny Ridge TrailHikeCoos County18.3 mi Moat Mountain TrailHikeCarroll County17.1 mi Lowe's PathHikeCoos County16.6 mi Bondcliff TrailHikeGrafton County16.2 mi New Hampshire Seacoast GreenwayHikeMTBRockingham County15.9 mi Mahoosuc TrailHikeCoos County15.7 mi Corridor 5HikeCoos County15.6 mi Crawford PathHikeCoos County15.4 mi Cross Rivendell TrailHikeGrafton County14.4 mi Franconia Brook TrailHikeGrafton County14.1 mi Great Gulf TrailHikeCoos County13.1 mi Lincoln Brook TrailHikeGrafton County13.0 mi Hancock Notch TrailHikeGrafton County12.9 mi TwinwayHikeGrafton County12.8 mi Hancock Loop TrailHikeGrafton County12.6 mi Davis PathHikeCoos County12.3 mi The LinkHikeCoos County12.2 mi Carter-Moriah TrailHikeCoos County12.0 mi Ridge TrailHikeMTBHillsborough County11.8 mi Imp TrailHikeCoos County11.8 mi Belknap Range TrailHikeBelknap County11.6 mi Cotton Valley TrailHikeMTBCarroll County11.6 mi Flume Slide TrailHikeGrafton County11.6 mi Kinsman Ridge TrailHikeGrafton County11.6 mi Kearsarge North TrailHikeCarroll County11.4 mi Garfield Ridge TrailHikeGrafton County11.2 mi Gulfside TrailHikeCoos County11.0 mi SRK GreenwayHikeMerrimack County10.7 mi Randolph PathHikeCoos County10.6 mi High Ridge TrailHikeCarroll County10.5 mi Carrigain Notch TrailHikeGrafton County10.4 mi Howker Ridge TrailHikeCoos County10.0 mi Turtleback Mountain TrailHikeCarroll County9.9 mi Halls Stream TrailHikeCoos County9.7 mi Thoreau Falls TrailHikeGrafton County9.6 mi Twin Brook TrailHikeGrafton County9.5 mi Weeks Brook TrailHikeCarroll County9.4 mi Sugar River Recreation TrailHikeMTBSullivan County9.2 mi Gale River TrailHikeMTBGrafton County9.1 mi Sabbaday Brook TrailHikeGrafton County9.1 mi Franconia Ridge TrailHikeGrafton County9.0 mi Corridor 21HikeCoos County8.8 mi Castle TrailHikeCoos County8.7 mi North Twin TrailHikeGrafton County8.7 mi Caps Ridge TrailHikeCoos County8.6 mi Osseo TrailHikeGrafton County8.5 mi Winter RoadHikeMTBCoos County8.4 mi Cheshire Rail TrailHikeMTBCheshire County8.4 mi Wild River TrailHikeCoos County8.3 mi Upper Coos Recreational Rail TrailHikeCoos County8.2 mi Monadnock Sunapee TrailHikeSullivan County8.2 mi Wildcat Ridge TrailHikeCoos County8.1 mi Dry River TrailHikeCoos County8.1 mi Concord & ClaremontHikeMTBMerrimack County8.0 mi Welch-Dickey Loop TrailHikeGrafton County8.0 mi Corridor 21AHikeCoos County8.0 mi Skookumchuck TrailHikeGrafton County8.0 mi Hale Brook TrailHikeGrafton County8.0 mi Ridge TrailHikeMTBBelknap County7.9 mi Dover Community TrailHikeStrafford County7.9 mi Pumpelly TrailHikeCheshire County7.8 mi Wilderness TrailHikeGrafton County7.7 mi Shoal Pond TrailHikeGrafton County7.7 mi Black Mountain Pond TrailHikeCarroll County7.7 mi Lost TrailHikeMTBMerrimack County7.5 mi Cascade Brook TrailHikeMTBGrafton County7.5 mi Gadwah Notch TrailHikeCoos County7.5 mi Sawyer River TrailHikeGrafton County7.4 mi Airline TrailHikeCoos County7.4 mi Red TrailHikeMTBRockingham County7.4 mi Tuckerman Ravine TrailHikeCoos County7.4 mi Six Husbands TrailHikeCoos County7.3 mi Locke TrailHikeStrafford County7.3 mi Pine LinkHikeCoos County7.3 mi CliffwayHikeCoos County7.2 mi Reservoir TrailHikeCheshire County7.2 mi Shelburne TrailHikeCoos County7.0 mi Black Angel TrailHikeCoos County7.0 mi Skunk SkullHikeRockingham County6.8 mi Valley WayHikeCoos County6.8 mi Three Ponds TrailHikeGrafton County6.8 mi Blue TrailHikeBelknap County6.8 mi Crawford-Ridgepole TrailHikeGrafton County6.8 mi Peterborough and Hillsborough RailroadHikeHillsborough County6.7 mi Primary 111HikeCoos County6.7 mi

Hiking Trails by county

Hillsborough County

Rockingham County

Merrimack County

Cheshire County

Strafford County

Sullivan County

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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt August 28, 2026.