Nature Walking Trails & Easy Hikes in New Hampshire

Easy Hikes In New Hampshire

There are hundreds of easy walking trails in New Hampshire’s northern counties to enjoy. Some, like the Berlin River Walk in Berlin NH are paved with lights and places to sit and picnic, others are flat gravel carriage roads like the ones at Great Glen Trails or reclaimed railroad beds like the Pres. Rail Trail. We have easy walks to giant waterfalls like Beaver Brook Falls in Colebrook NH and Glen Ellis Falls in Pinkham Notch as well as hundreds of short walking trails to beautiful overlooks, babbling streams, secluded ponds, open fields, crystal clear lakes and lush forest scapes. All these beautiful Northern New Hampshire walking trails are just waiting for you!

Check out the map above for a list of options as well as location and gps directions. 

The upside of being surrounded by mother nature is that you don’t have to walk very far to find one of her special spots.

Some of the best spots for a short walk and to take in a large vista are not necessarily marked or signed. We have many pull outs around the region on any of our Scenic Byways that offer great places to pull over and take a minute to explore. So, if you like a spot that you see, don’t be afraid to pull over and stay a while. 

The Moose Path Scenic Byway, Connecticut River Scenic Byway, Woodlands Heritage Trail Scenic Byway, and Great North Woods Scenic Byway, which make up all of the major routes in Northern NH, provide many locations to stop, walk, and take it all in. From small walking paths down to the shore of the Androscoggin River, Lakefront picnic locations around the Connecticut Lakes, Wayside Rest Areas with picnic benches, scenic pull offs with mountain views, or a simple walk down one of our Main Streets. All of these and many more locations provide visitors with no shortage of places to take in mother nature’s visual beauty along easy hiking trails in NH. 

With over 600 different walking trails in NH and thousands of miles of multi use rail trails and logging roads in Northern NH, basically anywhere that you can hike or bike, you can also run. No Problem.

Trail Running has gained a lot of popularity over the past couple decades for a variety of reasons. Some people enjoy the fact that their joints don’t hurt like when they pound the pavement. Other folks love having to pay attention for tree roots and rocks on the trail which seems to pull them into the present moment even more than running on a sidewalk. Others just love the feeling of dashing through the forest and connecting to the sounds and flashes of life all around. 

No matter the reason behind our love of trail running, Northern NH has thousands of options for you to explore. Happy Running!!