New Hampshire trails · Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway
A 41.6-mile network in New Hampshire, with 1,509 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 27.8 and mile 41.7. 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
Pitcher Mountain Trail access. 43.09434, -72.13529 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:42 a.m., the sun rises at 6:11 a.m. and sets at 7:25 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:54 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 14 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 10 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 — 9.8 mi loop, 1,527 ft gain
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway + Hubbard Hill Road — 2.7 mi loop, 554 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Monadnock Sunapee Trail — 15.3 mi
- Metacomet-Monadnock Trail — 18.2 mi
- Wapack Trail — 21.1 mi
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 28.2 mi