New Hampshire trails · Monadnock Sunapee Trail
Monadnock Sunapee Trail
A 7.9-mile out-and-back in New Hampshire, with 1,161 ft of climbing. Reaches Lucias Lookout and other lake/summit/viewpoint destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 53% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 2.6. It gives back about 1,018 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lucias Lookout (summit)
- Kittredge Hill (summit)
- Lake Solitude (lake)
- White Cliff overlook (viewpoint)
Getting there
Monadnock Sunapee Trail access. About 1 h 10 min drive (36 mi, 1 of them unpaved) from Keene. 43.21616, -72.07741 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:31 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 15.8-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 02 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:02 p.m. — 4 h 05 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Five Summers Trail + Monadnock Sunapee Trail + Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 12.4 mi loop, 2,687 ft gain
- Bear Pond Trail + Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway + Monadnock Sunapee Trail — 12.8 mi loop, 3,830 ft gain
- Monadnock Sunapee Trail + Steve Galpin Shelter Trail + Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 5.1 mi loop, 532 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 5.0 mi
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 11.4 mi
- Northern Rail Trail — 22.2 mi
- Metacomet-Monadnock Trail — 26.7 mi