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Franconia Notch State Park
Park
3,722 acres17.4 mi of trail
Pemi TrailKinsman Ridge TrailGreenleaf TrailOld Bridle PathBald Mtn - Artists Bluff Path
Dog rules not recorded
Outdoors · Franconia
Franconia, NH parks, trails & bike paths
About 25% of Franconia is conserved land, roughly 10,545 acres. There are about 121 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Franconia Notch State Park (17.4 mi), Fox Hill Park (1.8 mi), and Lafayette Brook Scenic Area (1.6 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Franconia, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Franconia outdoors
Conserved land
25%
10,545 of 41,859 acres
Trails
121 mi
1.9 mi per sq mi · 37 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
9
9,948 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
5.1 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 5.1 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
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Fox Hill Park
Managed by Town of Franconia
93 acres1.8 mi of trail
Fox Hill LoopGale River TrailBoundary TrailVernal PoolPeepers
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
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Lafayette Brook Scenic Area
Nature preserve
974 acres1.6 mi of trail
Greenleaf TrailGarfield Ridge TrailSkookumchuck Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Governor Gallen Memorial Parking
4
Lawrence Family Forest
Managed by Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
107 acres1.5 mi of trail
Meadow BrookTucker's TrailRonnie's RamblePebble Beach 2.0
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
5
Wells Road Property
Managed by Ammonoosuc Conservation Trust
10 acres0.5 mi of trail
Ham Branch Trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 9 parks & preserves
- Grote Wildlife Sanctuary17 ac · 0.1 mi trail
- Franconia Town Forest40 ac
- Dow Park8 ac · Directions
- The Frost Place7 ac
Who protects the land
10,545 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 625 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 11 of 18 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths5.1 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis5
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Next door
Franconia and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franconia | 25.2% | 121.1 mi | 9 |
| Sugar Hill | 19.6% | 21.7 mi | 8 |
| Lincoln | 27.3% | 143.0 mi | 8 |
| Bethlehem | 47.7% | 145.6 mi | 17 |
| Easton | 40.5% | 35.0 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Franconia's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 35.2-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.