Friends of the Northern Rail Trail work to Provide Recreational Opportunities

 NORTHERN RAILTRAIL

GRAFTON COUNTY, NH

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FNRT volunteers working on a Saturday.
Volunteers rip up the decking on a bridge in West Canaan on September 8.

 

Volunteers working as the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Grafton County developed 23 miles of track into four-season trail use starting in 1996.

Today the Friends of the Northern Rail Trail continue to maintain and improve what has become one of the region's most popular recreation venues.

The trail is open to hiking, snowmobiling, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and bicycling, but motorized wheeled vehicles are prohibited. 

 
The completed bridge in West Canaan.
Leaves start to fall on the new deck completed by the Mt. Cardigan Snowmobile Club.

A friends group organized in Merrimack County in 2005 offers the vision of an additional 35 miles of improved trail extending east and south from Danbury to Boscawen. The long term goal is a 65 mile-long trail from Concord to Vermont.

 

A cyclist by Mascoma Lake
A Bicyclist enjoys the a warm October day near the rock cut by Mascoma Lake.

Click here to view a video of bridge work on Google!

From Lebanon to Enfield and on to Canaan and through Grafton the Northern Rail Trail is used throughout the year. You can view a video of volunteers working on the bridge at Google video by clicking on the links to the left.

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John S. Davenport

Updated 05/05/08

FNRT

Maintaining Trails to

Make healthier communities for

Healthier people

The Northern Rail trail is

managed by:

NH Bureau of Trails
Box 856, Concord, NH 03302.
603 271-3254

 

Email us at: mail@northernrailtrail.org

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