Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes North of the White Mountains

by Kim Nilsen

Overview

This is the quintessential hiking guide to this undiscovered region, which ranges from the northern tip of the White Mountain National Forest up to the pristine lakes just south of the Canadian border.

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780881509724
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	06/04/2012
Series:	Explorer's 50 Hikes
Edition description:	I
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	474,398
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kim Nilsen is an award-winning periodicals editor, reporter, and author. He is the founder of the Cohos Trail Association, which built the 162-mile Cohos Trail that extends north from the White Mountains’ Crawford Notch to the Canada border.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction: Discovering New Hampshire's Great Unknown 15

How to Use This Guide 21

I The Jefferson Dome

1 Owl's Head Trail and Martha's Mile 26

2 Little Cherry Pond Trail 31

3 Presidential Rail Trail to Cherry Pond 36

4 Colonel Whipple Trail and Ice Ramparts Trail 40

5 Mud Pond Trail 45

II The Kilkenny

6 Starr King Trail to Mt. Waumbek and Beyond 50

7 Kilback-Unknown Ponds Loop 55

8 Bunnell Notch Trail and Mt. Cabot Trail to Mt. Cabot 62

9 Unknown Pond Trail to The Horn 67

10 Rogers Ledge 72

11 Devil's Hopyard 76

III Androscoggin Flo Wage

12 Mossy Glen 82

13 The Ledge Trail Loop 86

14 Ice Gulch 90

15 Mt. Success Trail to the DC-3 Crash Site 95

IV Nash Stream Forest

16 Devil's Slide 102

17 Bald Mountain Notch Loop 106

18 Victor Head Cliff 111

19 Old Summer Club Trail 115

20 Percy Peaks Trail 120

21 Percy Loop 125

22 Pond Brook Falls 130

23 East Side Trail Loop 135

24 Sugarloaf Mountain Trail 140

25 Gadwah Notch Trail 145

26 Baldhead Mountain Trail 152

V Dixville Notch

27 Kelsey Notch Trail 158

28 Mt. Gloriette to Dixville Peak 164

29 Table Rock Trail 169

30 Three Brothers Trail 173

31 Canal Trail to the Lake of Floating Islands 178

32 Sanguinary Ridge Trail 182

33 Sanguinary Summit Trail (SST) 186

VI Connecticut River Headwaters

34 McAllister Road to Weir Tree Farms 192

35 Mt. Monadnock Trail 196

36 Hurlbert Swamp Trail 201

37 Lake Francis Trail 205

38 Mt. Prospect Trail 209

39 Mt. Covell Trail 213

40 Mt. Magalloway 217

41 Indian Stream Canyon 222

VII Dead Diamond Country

42 Little Hellgate Falls 228

43 Garfield Falls 232

44 Magalloway River Trail 236

45 Diamond Peaks Trail 240

VIII Boundary Mountains

46 Falls in the River Trail 246

47 Deer Mountain Trail 250

48 Fourth Connecticut Lake Trail 255

49 Mt. D'Urban to Crown Monument 260

IX The Cohos Trail

50 The Cohos Trail 268