Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes North of the White Mountains

by Nilsen, Kim

• ISBN13: 9780881509724
• ISBN10: 0881509728
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-04
• Publisher: Countryman Press

Summary

North of the well-traversed White Mountains is tantalizing million-acre realm of 3000-foot mountains and the headwaters of two major New England rivers. In this area, known as The Great North Woods, there are more than 200 miles of underutilized hiking trails winding through a breathtaking terrain. This is the quintessential hiking guide to this undiscovered region, ranging from the northern tip of the White Mountain National Forest up to the pristine Connecticut lakes nestled just south of the Canadian border. The chapter for each hike features a detailed topographic map, driving directions to trailheads, and extensive information about the hike and the natural features you will encounter.

Author Biography

Kim Nilsen, avid hiker and creator of the 165-mile Cohos Trail, is also the founder and chairman of die board of die Cohos Trail Association, a small, nonprofit, largely volunteer group that maintains the trail and its structures. Semiretired, Nilsen lives in Spofford, NH, where he writes, paints, plans trail initiatives, designs trail structures, and volunteers to maintain trails. He has also cared for severely developmentally disabled young people for over ten years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 13
Introduction: Discovering New Hampshire's Great Unknown	p. 15
How to Use This Guide	p. 21
The Jefferson Dome
Owl's Head Trail and Martha's Mile	p. 26
Little Cherry Pond Trail	p. 31
Presidential Rail Trail to Cherry Pond	p. 36
Colonel Whipple Trail and Ice Ramparts Trail	p. 40
Mud Pond Trail	p. 45
The Kilkenny
Starr King Trail to Mt. Waumbek and Beyond	p. 50
Kilback-Unknown Ponds Loop	p. 55
Bunnell Notch Trail and Mt. Cabot Trail to Mt. Cabot	p. 62
Unknown Pond Trail to The Horn	p. 67
Rogers Ledge	p. 72
Devil's Hopyard	p. 76
Androscoggin Flo Wage
Mossy Glen	p. 82
The Ledge Trail Loop	p. 86
Ice Gulch	p. 90
Mt. Success Trail to the DC-3 Crash Site	p. 95
Nash Stream Forest
Devil's Slide	p. 102
Bald Mountain Notch Loop	p. 106
Victor Head Cliff	p. 111
Old Summer Club Trail	p. 115
Percy Peaks Trail	p. 120
Percy Loop	p. 125
Pond Brook Falls	p. 130
East Side Trail Loop	p. 135
Sugarloaf Mountain Trail	p. 140
Gadwah Notch Trail	p. 145
Baldhead Mountain Trail	p. 152
Dixville Notch
Kelsey Notch Trail	p. 158
Mt. Gloriette to Dixville Peak	p. 164
Table Rock Trail	p. 169
Three Brothers Trail	p. 173
Canal Trail to the Lake of Floating Islands	p. 178
Sanguinary Ridge Trail	p. 182
Sanguinary Summit Trail (SST)	p. 186
Connecticut River Headwaters
McAllister Road to Weir Tree Farms	p. 192
Mt. Monadnock Trail	p. 196
Hurlbert Swamp Trail	p. 201
Lake Francis Trail	p. 205
Mt. Prospect Trail	p. 209
Mt. Covell Trail	p. 213
Mt. Magalloway	p. 217
Indian Stream Canyon	p. 222
Dead Diamond Country
Little Hellgate Falls	p. 228
Garfield Falls	p. 232
Magalloway River Trail	p. 236
Diamond Peaks Trail	p. 240
Boundary Mountains
Falls in the River Trail	p. 246
Deer Mountain Trail	p. 250
Fourth Connecticut Lake Trail	p. 255
Mt. D'Urban to Crown Monument	p. 260
The Cohos Trail
The Cohos Trail	p. 268
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