About trails in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

Merrimack County has 426 named trails on the map, covering 520 miles in total, an average of 1.2 miles per trail. That is the 6th largest mapped trail network among 10 counties in New Hampshire. 405 of them are tagged for hiking and 168 for mountain biking.

The longest single trail is Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway, at 49.7 miles. 9 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 7 trailheads, 34 campsites, 9 waterfalls, 47 boat launches, and 2 rapids. The nearest towns to these trails are Concord, New London, and Suncook.

What the trails in Merrimack County are like

By length, 278 are under a mile, 139 run 1 to 5 miles, and 9 are 5 miles or longer. 62 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Lost Trail, at 7.5 miles.

Of the 186 with a difficulty rating, 53 easy, 126 moderate, and 7 hard. Of the 426 with measured elevation, Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway climbs the most, about 4,896 ft, and 11 gain 1,000 ft or more.

Explore by activity

426All trails

405Hiking 168Mountain biking

520Total miles

34Campsites

47Boat launches

9Waterfalls

7Trailheads

2Rapids

Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge GreenwayHike49.7 mi Northern Rail TrailMTB34.6 mi SRK GreenwayHike10.6 mi bicycleMTB9.9 mi Concord & ClaremontHikeMTB8.0 mi Lost TrailHikeMTB7.5 mi West End Farm TrailHikeMTB6.0 mi Winnipesaukee TrailMTB5.6 mi SundownHike5.3 mi Lowland TrailHike4.6 mi Squirrel TrailHikeMTB4.3 mi Lincoln TrailHike4.3 mi Webb Forest TrailHike4.0 mi Howard C. Nowell TrailHike3.8 mi Ledge TrailMTB3.8 mi Tower TrailHikeMTB3.7 mi Ferret TrailHikeMTB3.7 mi Chester TurnpikeHikeMTB3.5 mi Blue LoopHikeMTB3.1 mi Bowl TrailMTB3.0 mi Winter onlyHikeMTB3.0 mi Big Bear TrailHike3.0 mi Chair Factory TrailHike3.0 mi New Hampshire Heritage TrailHike3.0 mi Stark Pond LoopHike2.9 mi Kearsarge Valley TrailHike2.8 mi Branch Londonderry TurnpikeHikeMTB2.8 mi Range RoadHikeMTB2.8 mi New RoadHikeMTB2.7 mi Marsh LoopHike2.6 mi Penacook PathHike2.6 mi Lyon Brook TrailHike2.6 mi Summit TrailHike2.6 mi Hall Mountain TrailHike2.6 mi Mill Pond TrailHike2.5 mi Concord-Lake Sunapee TrailHikeMTB2.4 mi Old Railroad GradeHike2.3 mi Red Trail (north)Hike2.3 mi Gum Tree TrailHike2.3 mi SuttonHike2.3 mi Ovenbird TrailHikeMTB2.3 mi Neville Ridge Scout Foot TrailHike2.3 mi Broken Boulder TrailHikeMTB2.2 mi Catamount TrailHike2.2 mi Newbury TrailHike2.2 mi Blue TrailHikeMTB2.2 mi Murray TrailHikeMTB2.2 mi RidgewayHike2.2 mi Hayes Farm TrailHike2.1 mi Coleman RoadHikeMTB2.1 mi Chipmunk TrailHikeMTB2.1 mi Cascade TrailHike2.1 mi Hemlock TrailHikeMTB2.0 mi Great Brook TrailHike2.0 mi Cross-Country CourseHike2.0 mi Ry's WayMTB2.0 mi Yellow TrailHikeMTB2.0 mi Carter Hill ConnectorHike2.0 mi Hominy Pot TrailHike2.0 mi Cross Minks Trail (Blue)Hike2.0 mi Pond LoopHike1.9 mi Brown RoadHike1.9 mi Vista Way TrailHikeMTB1.9 mi Andrew Brook TrailHike1.9 mi New TrailHike1.8 mi Bear Hill TrailHikeMTB1.8 mi Fort Mountain Vista TrailHike1.8 mi Red Trail (south)Hike1.8 mi Moose TrailMTB1.7 mi Heads Pond TrailHikeMTB1.7 mi Jim HIll RiverwalkHikeMTB1.7 mi Dam to Docks TrailHike1.6 mi Mountain Brook Falls TrailHike1.6 mi Hang Glider Hill LoopHike1.6 mi Walker Reserve TrailHike1.6 mi Sunset Hill TrailHike1.6 mi Carr Ridge TrailHikeMTB1.6 mi Eagle TrailHikeMTB1.5 mi Piney PointHike1.5 mi Krupa LoopHike1.5 mi Schlosser SchussHike1.5 mi The Dude AbidesHikeMTB1.5 mi Luti TrailHike1.5 mi Swope Winant Connector TrailHikeMTB1.4 mi Orange TrailHike1.4 mi Hedge Hog TrailHike1.4 mi Bug OutHikeMTB1.4 mi Bobcat TrailHikeMTB1.4 mi Swope Park ConnectorHike1.4 mi Stevens Rail TrailHikeMTB1.4 mi Barlow TrailHike1.4 mi Morono Park Trail1.4 mi Green TrailHike1.4 mi Old Bassett Mill RoadHikeMTB1.4 mi Sentinel Pine TrailHikeMTB1.4 mi Lane TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Camp TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi BoulderHikeMTB1.3 mi Little Bear TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Snowmobile trailHikeMTB1.3 mi Pitch Pine TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Powerlines TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Snowmobile trialHikeMTB1.3 mi CascadeHike1.3 mi School Forest LoopHikeMTB1.3 mi Backwoods LoopHike1.3 mi G track ConnectorHikeMTB1.3 mi Salt Lick TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi One-Mile TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi Woodhill Hooksett RoadHikeMTB1.3 mi Wolf Tree TrailHike1.2 mi Mill Sluice Foot TrailHike1.2 mi Periwig Mtn RoadHikeMTB1.2 mi Hooksett Riverwalk TrailHike1.2 mi Single CircuitHikeMTB1.2 mi RobertsonHikeMTB1.2 mi BP-1Hike1.2 mi Felch TrailHike1.1 mi John Winant TrailHike1.1 mi River TrailHike1.1 mi Ron's WayHikeMTB1.1 mi Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge GreenwayHike1.1 mi Eagle Scout TrailHike1.1 mi Goshen TrailHike1.1 mi Watertower PathHike1.1 mi Red TrailHike1.1 mi Lost Lake LoopHike1.1 mi Fletcher RoadHike1.1 mi Barton Corner RoadHikeMTB1.1 mi Bear Brook Upper TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Dagody Hill TrailHike1.1 mi Rolfe Park TrailHike1.1 mi Flying YankeeHike1.1 mi Cub TrailHike1.1 mi White TrailHike1.1 mi Hobo trailHike1.1 mi Boscawen Hill Loop TrailHike1.1 mi Yellow Dot TrailHike1.1 mi Harry-O CircuitHike1.0 mi SalsaHike1.0 mi Blackwater River LoopHike1.0 mi Ye North trailHikeMTB1.0 mi Nancy's TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Morgan Hill TrailHike1.0 mi Gateway TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi HydraHikeMTB1.0 mi Sharpes Farm TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi SniperHikeMTB1.0 mi Rivington Winant TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi East Side trailHikeMTB1.0 mi Cemetery-Dam LoopHike1.0 mi Great Turkey Pond LoopHike1.0 mi Williamson Trail1.0 mi Stoney Brook TrailHike1.0 mi Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway / Solitude TrailHike0.9 mi MossyHikeMTB0.9 mi High TrailHike0.9 mi TufkatHikeMTB0.9 mi Joan Winant TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi MooseknuckleHikeMTB0.9 mi Potter Ridge TrailHike0.9 mi Winslow TrailHike0.9 mi Woods Walk (Yellow)Hike0.9 mi Eastman TrailHikeMTB0.9 mi Cart PathHike0.9 mi Richard Smart Conservation AreaHike0.9 mi Lower TrailHike0.9 mi SpringHikeMTB0.9 mi Dura Crockett TrailHike0.8 mi Blue Craford WayHike0.8 mi Old Route 202HikeMTB0.8 mi Warner TrailHike0.8 mi Upland TrailHike0.8 mi Upper TrailHikeMTB0.8 mi Martha's TrailHike0.8 mi Concord & Claremont RailroadHike0.8 mi Guinea RoadHikeMTB0.8 mi Little Tooky TrailHike0.8 mi Riley TrailHike0.8 mi Paradise CityHike0.8 mi Glacial Erratic TrailHike0.8 mi Neville Ridge TrailHike0.8 mi Curtis TrailHike0.8 mi Dancing Bear TrailHike0.8 mi Robinson's CrestHikeMTB0.8 mi M.T.T. (CLOSED , DO NOT USE)HikeMTB0.8 mi White Sands RoadHike0.8 mi Profile Avenue ConnectorHike0.8 mi Bunker Loop TrailHike0.7 mi Lower School Pond TrailHike0.7 mi Farm Road TrailHike0.7 mi Canal StreetHikeMTB0.7 mi Hall Mountain Marsh TrailHike0.7 mi Pass the BuckHikeMTB0.7 mi Weston LoopHike0.7 mi Bean Quary TrailHike0.7 mi Quarry WalkHike0.7 mi SalemanderHikeMTB0.7 mi Sweatt Preserve Nature TrailHike0.7 mi Steer Brook TrailHike0.7 mi Quaker PathHike0.7 mi Esker trailHikeMTB0.7 mi Ledges Pass TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Merrimack River Greenway TrailHike0.7 mi Neville Peak TrailHike0.7 mi Wild CatHikeMTB0.7 mi Allenstown Rail TrailHike0.7 mi Bear Brook Lower TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Shock TherapyHikeMTB0.7 mi Hobblebush TrailHike0.7 mi Knowlton TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Sheridan's WayHike0.7 mi Sanborn Pond TrailHike0.7 mi Swope Carter Connector TrailHikeMTB0.7 mi Burnham Brook LoopHike0.7 mi Page BypassHikeMTB0.7 mi Ghost PipeHikeMTB0.7 mi Dancy TrailHike0.7 mi White Rabbit TrailHike0.6 mi Fear of the DarkHike0.6 mi Rattlesnake ripperHike0.6 mi Factory Pond TrailHike0.6 mi Ridge TrailHike0.6 mi Contoocook Overlook TrailHike0.6 mi Bear ClawHikeMTB0.6 mi Elks LoopHike0.6 mi Balanced Rock TrailHike0.6 mi Life trailHikeMTB0.6 mi Big DogHikeMTB0.6 mi John Hay Forest Ecology TrailHike0.6 mi Hey Joe trailHikeMTB0.6 mi Hoit Marsh TrailHike0.6 mi Weeks RoadHike0.6 mi Woodbury Outlook LoopHike0.6 mi Nichols TrailHike0.6 mi Sanders Brook TrailHike0.6 mi Woods RoadHike0.6 mi Constance Winant TrailHike0.6 mi JackalopeHikeMTB0.6 mi Lake LoopHike0.6 mi Norman TrailHike0.6 mi Kidder Cleveland Clough TrailHike0.6 mi Terry's TurnHikeMTB0.6 mi Frangione TrailHike0.6 mi Weebelos trailHikeMTB0.6 mi Orange LoopHike0.6 mi Tree Farm LoopHike0.6 mi RookeryHikeMTB0.5 mi WhalebackHikeMTB0.5 mi Swamp Donkey DiscoHike0.5 mi Balancing Rock TrailHike0.5 mi Blue/Yellow TrailHike0.5 mi Low TrailHike0.5 mi Proctor HillsHikeMTB0.5 mi Monster's BallHike0.5 mi Carpenter Park TrailHike0.5 mi StumpHikeMTB0.5 mi Holy DiverHikeMTB0.5 mi Portage TrailHike0.5 mi Old Dimond RoadHikeMTB0.5 mi SchlosserHike0.5 mi Doctors Orders trailHikeMTB0.5 mi Colby TrailHike0.5 mi Primary TrailHike0.5 mi Swamp ThangHike0.5 mi RogueHikeMTB0.5 mi Cocoa's PathHike0.5 mi Alp d’Huez TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Lost Wall TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Moose GullyHikeMTB0.5 mi LaurenHike0.5 mi Rollins TrailHike0.5 mi Taia's TrailHike0.5 mi Snowshoe Trail0.5 mi Hard HatHikeMTB0.5 mi Heritage TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Pine SnakeHikeMTB0.5 mi Chandler Trail (Red)Hike0.5 mi Junkyard HollowHikeMTB0.5 mi Carriage Road TrailHike0.5 mi Cross RoadHike0.5 mi Patton RoadHikeMTB0.5 mi Kidder Cleveland Clough Swamp TrailHike0.5 mi Marsh View Trail0.4 mi Miss SmithHikeMTB0.4 mi Shattuck Trail0.4 mi Rim TrailHike0.4 mi Haul RoadHike0.4 mi Bee TrailHikeMTB0.4 mi Dead end until Turee Pond frozenHikeMTB0.4 mi SharkNadoHike0.4 mi Pfista VistaHikeMTB0.4 mi BuckshotHikeMTB0.4 mi Ace of SpadesMTB0.4 mi Old Orchard TrailHike0.4 mi CP LoopHike0.4 mi Clark Lookout TrailHike0.4 mi Flagg TrailHike0.4 mi Loam DepotHikeMTB0.4 mi Storm drainHikeMTB0.4 mi

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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 September 24, 2026.