New Hampshire trails · Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
A 41.6-mile network in New Hampshire, with 1,305 ft of climbing. Reaches Pitcher Mountain and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by New Hampshire GRANIT.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 44% of the ascent falls between mile 27.7 and mile 41.6. It gives back about 6,532 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Pitcher Mountain (summit)
- Lucias Lookout (summit)
- Lovewell Mountain (summit)
- Kittredge Hill (summit)
- Jackson Hill (summit)
- Hubbard Hill (summit)
- Oak Hill (summit)
- Millen Lake (lake)
- Howe Reservoir (lake)
- Center Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Sabbath Trail access. About 57 min drive (27 mi, 4 of them unpaved) from Keene. 43.15362, -72.12628 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:32 a.m., the sun rises at 7:00 a.m. and sets at 6:07 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:36 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 07 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 41.6-mile route works out to roughly 16 h 04 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 6.1 mi loop, 948 ft gain
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 9.3 mi loop, 1,473 ft gain
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway + Hubbard Hill Road — 2.7 mi loop, 554 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Monadnock Sunapee Trail — 5.0 mi
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 15.8 mi
- Metacomet-Monadnock Trail — 22.3 mi
- Wapack Trail — 24.3 mi