Accessible Trails

Click the underlined name to open the website for detailed information.
All of the named trails below are tested and approved by your WHIM peers!

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• Beaver Brook Association Accessible Trail: Located in Hollis, NH. Wildflower Trail, Lower Meadow Loop, and Cow Lane are accessible hard-packed even paths.

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• Cedar Swamp Preserve: Located in Manchester, NH. Protected by The Nature Conservancy.

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• Cotton Valley Rail Trail: Located in Wolfeboro, NH. This is a hard-packed trail. Great parking, access at Wolfeboro Railroad Depot at 15 Railroad Ave in Wolfeboro.

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• Crotched Mountain Accessible Trails: Located in Greenfield, NH. Gregg Trail & Dutton Brook Trail.​

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• Franconia Notch Bike Path: Parts of this 8-mile long trail are accessible. A great place to visit if you want to experience the former home of The Old Man of the Mountain.

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• ​Goat Hill Trail - Acton, ME: Goat Hill is one of the highest elevations in Acton, and offers stunning 360-degree views of nearby lakes and the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington to the west. Goat Hill’s 25-acres is owned by the town of Acton, and Three Rivers Land Trust has been engaged in a multi-year project to make the trail to the scenic hilltop meet the Forest Service’s standards for accessible trails. The trail is open now, and you will find the parking area for the trail at 1205 H Road, about 1/8 mile north of the Romac Orchard entrance.​

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• Londonderry Rail Trail: Located in Londonderry, NH. Great parking, access at the bus station parking lot at 4 Symmes Drive in Londonderry. This is a paved trail.

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• Northern Rail Trail at Potter Place: Located in Andover, NH at Potter Place, a historical site off of Route 11. This is a flat, shaded, hard-packed trail. There are no restrooms onsite, but there are public bathrooms at gas stations and restaurants east and west of Potter Place on Route 11.

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• Ossipee Pine Barrens Preserve: Located in Ossipee, NH. Protected by The Nature Conservancy.

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• Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

This is a newly renovated boardwalk on Plum Island, MA tested out by our good friends Hubert and Ursula.​

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• Piscataquog Rail Trail: Located in Manchester, NH. Parking at West Side Ice Arena, 1 Electric Street in Manchester. This is a flat, paved trail that follows the river in the shade.

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• Rockingham Rail Trail: Located in Candia, NH. Parking at 105 Depot Road in Candia. Look for the large dirt parking lot on the right. Parts of the parking lot is softer dirt, so please be careful wheeling down your ramp onto the parking lot, as there's the potential for your wheelchair casters to get stuck if you aren't paying close attention. This is a relatively flat, shaded, hard-packed dirt and crushed stone trail.

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• Winnipesaukee River Trail: Located in Northfield, NH. This is a packed gravel, flat, and mostly shady trail. Access for the parking lot for the is located across the street from Hall Memorial library at 18 Park Street in Northfield. From US 93 take exit 20. Go left off exit toward downtown Tilton. Turn left onto Rt 132/Park St. The turn for the parking area is on the

          right after some old box cars. You will cross the tracks to access the parking lot.

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• W.O.W Rail Trail: Winnipesaukee (W) Opechee (O) Winnisquam (W) - Located in Laconia, NH. Parking available at Belmont town beach in the Leslie Roberts Recreation Area off of Route 3.

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• Trail Link Resource: Lists additional wheelchair accessible trails in New Hampshire, and includes type of material that the trail is made of.

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• New Hampshire State Parks: Use this link to explore all state parks in NH. Contains specific contact info for each park.

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If you know of an accessible trail that is not on this list

please share it with us!