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    • Long Island Sound to Canada

      The 'Friends of the Coos Trail' on FB mapped out an interesting way to walk from New Haven, CT to Canada utilizing the Coos Trail and other existing trails. Here is their post in case any of my New England friends want to take a walk...



      TRANS-NEW ENGLAND TRAIL ROUTE
      (LINKING RAGGED MOUNTAIN TO THE
      COHOS TRAIL SYSTEM TO CREATE A
      MAJOR THRU-TRAIL FROM LONG ISLAND
      SOUND TO QUEBEC, CANADA)



      SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND (existing trails)
      Start: Long Island Sound at New Haven, Connecticut
      New England Trail to Mt. Monadnock in NH
      Mt. Monadnock to Monadnock-Sunapee-Greenway
      Sunapee-Kearsarge-Ragged Greenway
      To Ragged Mountain summit



      DANBURY, NH
      Ragged Mountain base
      Ragged Mountain Road, pass Danbury Bog Wildlife Mgmt Area
      Gould Hill Road to Rte. 104
      Rte. 104 to Danbury village
      Pick up Northern Rail Trail in Danbury village
      Northern Rail Trail northwest through Grafton township



      GRAFTON, NH
      Northern Rail Trail to Cross Road
      Cross Road to Tuttle Road
      Tuttle Road to Cardigan Mt. Road
      To Cardigan Mountain State Park



      MT. CARDIGAN
      West Ridge Trail to Summit
      Summit to Mowglis Trail to Firescrew peak
      Continue on Mowglis Trail west
      Elwell Trail east
      Wellington State Parks



      NEWFOUND LAKE
      W. Shore Road north
      Cutoff to Hebron Marsh Sanctuary, NH Audubon Ash Cottage
      N. Shore Road east
      Route 3A north a few feet
      Immediate right turn on Pike Hill Road
      Look for Plymouth Mountain Trail trailhead



      PLYMOUTH MOUNTAIN
      Plymouth Mountain Trail to summit
      Sunderland Trail, and spur to Pike ledges
      Fauver Link Trail
      Old Hebron Road southeast (short)
      Texas Hill Road north and east to Plymouth



      PLYMOUTH
      Warren Street east to Rte. 25
      Rte. 25 north into Plymouth Village
      East on 175A over Pemi River to Holderness, NH



      HOLDERNESS
      Route 175 east
      Hard Hack Road north (short)
      Perch Pond Road east northeast to Mountain Road
      Mountain Road to Crawford Ridgepole Trail



      SOUTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS
      Crawford Ridgepole Trail
      Guinea Ponds Trail
      Flat Mountain Ponds Trail
      McCrillis Trail
      Sleeper Trail
      Over Tripyramid summits via
      Scaur Ridge Trail
      Livermore Trail
      Kancamagus Highway east (short)
      Sawyer River Trail
      Signal Ridge Trail
      Desolation Trail
      Nancy Ponds Trail
      Route 302 north (short)



      NORTHERN WHITE MOUNTAINS TO CANADIAN BORDER
      Cohos Trail system to border with Quebec



      SENTIERS FRONTALIERS SYSTEM, QUEBEC
      Boundary clearings east to Mont Gosford
      Or, boundary clearings east, then paths north to Mont Megantic
      “Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
      the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”


      John Greenleaf Whittier
    • LIhikers wrote:

      While I'm not familiar with any of that, I'd bet the southern end has a lot of road walking and few places to camp.
      The New England Trail part has few shelters and crosses private land, so in that section thru-hikers are encouraged to stay in town in parts.
      “Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
      the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”


      John Greenleaf Whittier
    • Sounds interesting. I like anything where you have a goal like walking to another country.

      My next questions would be:
      • How many miles
      • How hard (obviously in the Whites)
      • Resupply
      • How long till on FarOut
      The road to glory cannot be followed with much baggage.
      Richard Ewell, CSA General