New Hampshire has a good mix of suburban and rural trails. It also contains a small piece of the East Coast Greenway, a 3000-mile bike tour down the Atlantic Coast that links Canada to Key West, Florida. Our favorite New Hampshire bike trail is the Nashua Canal Trail in beautiful, wooded Mine Falls Park, Nashua. Because the trail consists of a series of loops, it’s easy to tailor the length of your route and allows you to explore new segments each time you ride it.
New Hampshire Bike Trails
- Black Pond Trail – 0.8 mile – dirt
- Heritage Trail (Manchester) – 0.9 mile – asphalt – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- South Manchester Rail Trail – 0.9 mile – asphalt
- Jonathan Daniels Trail – 0.9 mile – crushed stone
- Keene Industrial Heritage Trail – 1 mile – asphalt
- Trestle Trail – 1 mile – dirt
- Salem Bike-Ped Corridor – 1.2 miles – asphalt
- Appel Way Trail – 1.3 miles – asphalt
- Nashua Heritage Rail-Trail – 1.3 miles – asphalt – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Stevens Rail Trail – 1.3 miles – dirt, gravel
- Peanut Trail – 1.5 miles – cinder
- Harrisville Rail Trail – 1.6 miles – dirt
- Bobby Woodman Rail Trail – 1.7 miles – dirt, gravel
- Hooksett Rail Trail – 1.8 miles – gravel
- Rob Brook Trail – 2 miles – dirt, gravel
- Piscataquog Trail – 2.1 miles – asphalt
- Lincoln Woods Trail – 2.7 miles – ballast – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- WOW Trail – 2.8 miles – asphalt
- Derry Rail Trail – 3 miles – asphalt – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Granite Town Rail-Trail – 3 miles – ballast, cinder, dirt, grass, gravel, sand
- Londonderry Rail Trail – 3.1 miles – asphalt – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Oliverian Brook Trail – 3.5 miles – dirt
- Dover Community Trail – 3.8 miles – asphalt, crushed stone
- Windham Rail Trail – 4.1 miles – asphalt – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- New Boston Rail Trail – 4.5 miles – dirt
- West Milan Trail – 4.5 miles – gravel
- Blackmount Rail Trail – 5 miles – cinder, gravel, woodchips – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Winnipesaukee River Trail – 5.1 miles – crushed stone, dirt – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Lake Winnisquam Scenic Trail – 5.3 miles – asphalt
- Goffstown Rail Trail – 5.5 miles – dirt, grass, gravel, sand – Extended route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Farmington Recreational Rail-Trail – 6 miles – ballast, cinder, dirt, gravel, sand – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Nashua Canal Trail (Mine Falls Park) – 6.1 miles – asphalt, dirt, grass, gravel – Loop route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Common Pathway – 6.5 miles – asphalt, crushed stone
- York Pond Trail – 6.5 miles – dirt
- Mason Railroad Trail – 6.7 miles – ballast, gravel, sand
- Monadnock Branch Rail-Trail – 7.2 miles – asphalt, gravel
- Sawyer River Trail – 7.5 miles – ballast, dirt, grass, sand – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Hillsborough Recreational Rail Trail – 7.8 miles – crushed stone, dirt – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Cotton Valley Rail-Trail – 8.1 miles – crushed stone
- Franconia Notch Recreation Path – 8.8 miles – asphalt – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Fort Hill Branch Rail-Trail – 8.9 miles – ballast, cinder, dirt, gravel, sand
- Rocky Branch Trail (NH) – 9 miles – dirt, gravel
- Sugar River Trail – 9.8 miles – ballast, cinder, sand – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Upper Coos Recreational Trail – 10.5 miles – ballast, cinder – Loop route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Warren Recreational Rail Trail – 10.7 miles – dirt
- Guinea Pond and Flat Mountain Trails – 11.5 miles – ballast, dirt, grass
- Nanamocomuck Trail – 12 miles – ballast
- Nashua River Rail Trail – 12.3 miles – asphalt – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Wild River Trail – 15 miles – dirt, gravel
- Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Fremont Branch) – 16.5 miles – dirt, sand – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Presidential Range Rail Trail – 18 miles – gravel
- Ammonoosuc Rail Trail – 19 miles – ballast, dirt, gravel, sand – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Conway Branch – 21 miles – ballast, gravel
- Ashuelot Rail-Trail – 21.2 miles – ballast, cinder, crushed stone, dirt – Partial route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Rockingham Recreational Rail Trail (Portsmouth Branch) – 26.5 miles – crushed stone – Down-and-back route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Cheshire Rail Trail (Cheshire Branch Rail Trail) – 32.8 miles – ballast, cinder, dirt – Route (GPX track, TCX course)
- Northern Rail Trail – 58 miles – cinder, crushed stone, dirt, grass, gravel
If you know of (or have ridden and created) a more accurate one-way route on RideWithGPS for any of these New Hampshire bike trails, please let us know so that we can improve this page.
New Hampshire Trails on the East Coast Greenway
There are currently no approved, off-road New Hampshire trails on the East Coast Greenway. Visit the Greenway Alliance’s New Hampshire page for more information.