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

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Ribbon cutting of Iowa's High Trestle Trail to Raccoon River Valley Trail Connector | Photo courtesy of Iowa Bicycle Coalition

Building Trails

Celebrating 2024’s New Rail-Trails

December 02, 2024

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 Request Preliminary Injunction to Postpone Construction of Exit 4A Access Road in Derry Without Rail-Trail Underpass

October 09, 2024

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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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