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New Hampshire

New Hampshire’s Londonderry Rail Trail | Photo courtesy Londonderry Trailways

Learn about trails in New Hampshire including top trails, trail statistics, funding, projects and how you can get involved.

Top 10 Trails in New Hampshire video (2021)

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Top 10 Trails in New Hampshire

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State Stats

82

total rail-trails

584

miles of rail-trails

18

current projects

236

miles of potential rail-trail

6.5 M

Available Funds in the State

US Funds

FY23 Total Reserved for Transportation Alternatives and Recreational Trails Program (source: FHWA)

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Learn about Transportation Alternatives funding in the state

News & Stories from NH

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Child riding bicycle on New Hampshire's Derry Rail Trail | Photo by Ben Carter

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New Hampshire’s Derry Rail Trail: November 2025 Trail of the Month

November 10, 2025

Preferred Design - In 2020, NHDOT proposed and FHWA approved a design for the Derry Rail Trail similar to the example below. That design complied with Section 4(f) and meets the expectations of the Committee, RTC and the public

Court Sides with Advocates for Derry Rail Trail Tunnel in Lawsuit Over Historic Rail Corridor

Group of trail runners in Baltimore, MD | Photo by Allison Abruscato

Five Reasons to Get Outside on Trails This Spring

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New England Rail-Trail Network

RTC is working with trail advocates and transportation leaders from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont to advance a plan for connecting the region’s 1,000 miles of open trail.

^{New Hampshire’s Presidential Rail Trail | Photo by TrailLink user sc302}

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