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
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
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier