Hiking Trails on the
Kancamagus Highway
 Pine Brook
Trail
Pine Brook Trail is a 4 mile trail that
heads South from the Kancamagus Highway
parking area and connects to Scaur Ridge
Trail, Mt. Tripyramid Trail and the Sabbaday
Brook Trail. The parking area is located
about a mile West of the Sabbaday Falls
parking area.
 Sawyer River
Trail
Sawyer River
Trail heads North from the Kancamagus
Highway towards Hancock Notch trail and
Sawyer River Rd. The Sawyer River Trail
parking is located just East of Lily pond.
Sawyer River Trailhead parking GPS
coordinates are: N44°
01.305 | W071° 26.337 (elevation - 1,794')
 Livermore Trail
Livermore Trail
heads South through Livermore Pass, 3.9
miles to Scaur Ridge Trail and 4.1 miles to
Mt. Tripyramid Trail. Livermore Trailhead
parking GPS coordinates are: N44°
01.059 | W071° 27.081 (elevation - 2,070')
 Hancock Notch
Trail
Hancock Notch
Trail can be accessed at the Hancock
trailhead parking area and scenic outlook
just East of the hairpin turns. Hancock
Trail starts at the far end of the parking
area and heads North and connects to Sawyer
River Trail and Sawyer River Rd 7.4 miles
from the parking area. Other trails that can
be accessed from the Hancock trailhead are
Cedar Brook Trail (1.7 miles) and the
Wilderness Trail (7.4 miles). Hancock Notch
is 2.4 miles from the trail parking area.
Hancock Trailhead parking GPS coordinates
are: N44°
02.465 | W071° 31.417 (elevation - 2,150')
 Greeley Ponds
Trail
Greeley Ponds
Trail can be accessed at the hairpin turns
on the South side of the Kancamagus Highway.
The Greeley Ponds Trail heads South from the
parking area and connects to Flume Path,
Scaur Trail (not Scaur Ridge Trail) to "The
Scaur," Tripoli Rd., Mt. Osceola Trail (1.3
miles), Upper Greeley Pond (1.7 miles), and
Livermore Rd (5.4 miles). Greeley ponds
Trailhead parking GPS coordinates are: N44°
01.889 | W071° 30.992 (elevation - 1,960')
 East Pond Trail
East Pond Trail
can be accessed West of the hairpin turns on
the Kancamagus Highway. East Pond Trail
heads South from the parking area. East Pons
is 3.5 miles from the parking area and
Tripoli Rd. is 5 miles. East Ponds Trailhead
parking GPS coordinates are: N44°
02.128 | W071° 31.790 (elevation - 1,751')
 Discovery
Trail
The Discovery
Trail is a handicapped accessible trail on
the West side of the Kancamagus Highway that
offers a self-guided tour through 85 acres
of the 800,000 acre White Mountain National
Forest. The trail will help you discover how
the forest is part of an ever changing
landscape managed to protect the health of
the ecosystem and to produce wood, water,
wildlife, clean air and scenic and
recreational opportunities. At the trailhead
there is a small box with booklets that you
can take with you on your way and will guide
you as you go. Be sure to borrow one and
return it when you are done. If you would
prefer, you can
Print a Trail
Guide & Map.
Bathrooms are available at the parking area.
Discovery Trailhead parking lot GPS
coordinates are: N44°
02.777 | W071° 33.398 (elevation - 1,504')
 Lincoln Woods
Trails
The Lincoln
Woods Trailhead is the largest trailhead on
the Kancamagus Highway. There is a Ranger
Station and visitor center on site as well
as bathrooms and postings for weather, trail
conditions and historical information. The
trails that start at the Pemigewasset river
suspension foot bridge are: Lincoln Woods
Trail, Pine Island Trail, East Side Trail,
Osseo Trail, River View Loop, Pemigewasset
Wilderness, Flume Slide Trail, Black Pond
Trail, Franconia Brook Trail, the Wilderness
Trail, Cedar Brook Trail, Lincoln Brook
Trail, Bondcliff Trail, and many other
connecting trails. The Franconia Brook
Campsite is located on the East Side Trail.
Big Coolidge Mountain, Mt. Flume, Mt Liberty
and the Flume are all within a few miles of
the Lincoln Woods Trailhead. Lincoln Woods
Trailhead parking lot GPS coordinates are:
N44°
03.811 | W071° 35.306 (elevation - 1,161')
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