New Hampshire trails · Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway
Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway
A 63.3-mile network in New Hampshire, with 2,116 ft of climbing. Reaches Summit and other beach/lake/spring/summit/viewpoint destinations. Managed by New Hampshire GRANIT.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 10,902 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Summit (summit)
- Sunapee Mountain (summit)
- Bog Mountain (summit)
- Arnold Spring (spring)
- Royal Arch Hill (summit)
- Wadleigh State Beach (beach)
- South Peak (summit)
- Baisdell Hill (summit)
- Lake Solitude (lake)
- Eagle Pond (lake)
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Getting there
Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway access. 43.46402, -71.89416 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:40 a.m., the sun rises at 6:09 a.m. and sets at 7:25 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:54 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 15 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 63.3-mile route works out to roughly 24 h 30 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 1.8 mi loop, 164 ft gain
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 3.7 mi loop, 378 ft gain
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 2.0 mi loop, 350 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Northern Rail Trail — 6.7 mi
- Elwell Trail — 13.3 mi
- Monadnock Sunapee Trail — 13.5 mi
- (closed) — 20.4 mi