Hiking trails near Manchester, New Hampshire

449 official trails lie within 25 miles of Manchester — 837 miles in total, 411 rated easy and 5 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 1,200 ft; the median trail gains 115 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Wapack Trail	15.0	829 ft	Expert	24 mi
(closed)	5.0	828 ft	Expert	21 mi
Hedgehog Ridge Trail	4.5	525 ft	Hard	24 mi
Ted's Trail	2.9	1,178 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Unnamed trail	5.5	433 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Carolyn's Trail	2.0	1,186 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Rail trail	13.9	332 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Rockingham Rec. Rail Trail	44.2	398 ft	Moderate	1 mi
Summit East Trail	2.0	997 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Bicentennial Trail	4.0	299 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Raymond Trail	1.4	936 ft	Moderate	25 mi
Inactive RR	9.9	206 ft	Moderate	21 mi
Summit West Trail	1.4	913 ft	Moderate	22 mi
Winant Park Trails	2.7	266 ft	Moderate	16 mi
snowmachine trail	4.4	260 ft	Moderate	11 mi
Shannon's Trail	1.6	696 ft	Easy	22 mi
Marion Davis Trail	1.2	804 ft	Moderate	24 mi
North Mtn trail	1.9	592 ft	Moderate	15 mi
River Loop	5.2	139 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Chester Turnpike	3.5	326 ft	Moderate	7 mi
powerline	3.7	274 ft	Moderate	21 mi
North Mountain Trail	1.7	593 ft	Easy	15 mi
Catamount	1.6	396 ft	Moderate	12 mi
Bullard Hill Rd	2.8	341 ft	Moderate	20 mi

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