New Hampshire trails · Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway
Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway
A 63.3-mile network in New Hampshire, with 2,071 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 10,075 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 — parking nearby. About 39 min drive (26 mi) from Lebanon. 43.38194, -72.08587 · 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 63.3-mile route works out to roughly 24 h 29 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 + Unnamed trail — 1.8 mi loop, 257 ft gain
- Sunapee-Ragged-Kearsarge Greenway — 2.1 mi loop, 116 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Monadnock Sunapee Trail — 11.4 mi
- Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway — 15.8 mi
- Northern Rail Trail — 16.7 mi
- Elwell Trail — 23.4 mi