Franconia Falls Trail
New Hampshire
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.5 mi
Distance
824 ft
Gain
37 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside White Mountain National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Franconia Falls Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 824 ft
- Elevation loss
- 824 ft
- Highest point
- 1,605 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,450 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Franconia Falls Trail is a 2.08-mile out-and-back hike in New Hampshire with 824 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 1,605 feet.
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