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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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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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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

Advocates Sue New Hampshire Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration Over Elimination of Derry Rail Trail Tunnel

August 26, 2024

Bronzeville Trail Task Force, Major Taylor Bike Club & The Misfits Cycling Club riding Chicago's Major Taylor Trail | Photo by Douglas Monieson

The Joy of Celebrating Trails Day 2024

The B2B's Old Eastern Marsh Trail at Lion’s Park in Salisbury, Massachusetts | Photo by Chris Roop

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Trail Moments | BRB—I’m Enjoying the B2B (Border to Boston Trail)!

December 21, 2022

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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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