New Hampshire trails · Kilkenny Ridge
Kilkenny Ridge
A 20.4-mile point-to-point in New Hampshire, with 3,041 ft of climbing. Reaches Mount Cabot and other lake/pass/summit/viewpoint destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 5,221 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mount Cabot (summit)
- Mount Starr King (summit)
- The Bulge (summit)
- Rogers Ledge (summit)
- Mount Weeks (summit)
- Mount Waumbek (summit)
- Kilback Pond (lake)
- Willard Notch (pass)
- Bunnell Notch (pass)
- Terrace Mountain (summit)
Heads up
Getting there
KILKENNY RIDGE — parking nearby. 44.59687, -71.36696 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:36 a.m., the sun rises at 6:06 a.m. and sets at 7:24 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:54 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 18 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 20.4-mile route takes roughly 9 h 05 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 3:11 p.m. — 4 h 13 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Starr King Trail + KILKENNY RIDGE + STARR KING — 6.8 mi loop, 2,847 ft gain
- Kilkenny Ridge Trail + KILKENNY RIDGE — 5.7 mi loop, 173 ft gain
- Mt Cabot/Kilkenny Ridge Trail + KILKENNY RIDGE — 7.2 mi loop, 1,291 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Kilkenny Ridge Trail — 8.3 mi
- Mahoosuc Trail — 16.1 mi
- Mahoosuc — 16.1 mi
- Carter-Moriah — 17.6 mi