Garfield Ridge Trail
New Hampshire
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2.5 mi
Distance
2,341 ft
Gain
1h 43m
Time
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What we do know
Inside Appalachian National Scenic Trail
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Garfield Ridge Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,341 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,341 ft
- Highest point
- 4,242 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,375 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Garfield Ridge Trail is a 5.04-mile out-and-back route in New Hampshire with 2,341 feet of elevation gain and 4,242 feet of maximum elevation. The trail ascends and descends the same path.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,413 ft
- High point
- 4,242 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 5 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Pemigewasset Ranger District · Ranger district
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail · National Park Service
- White Mountain National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Source: USFS EDW boundaries; NPS Land Resources boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Pemigewasset Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Rattlesnake Fire – Pemigewasset Ranger District
fire-restriction · posted Aug 27, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Frost TrailHiking0.5 mi
- North TwinHiking1.1 mi
- Garfield Ridge ShelterCamping1.5 mi
- Guyot ShelterCamping2.9 mi
- WM: Kancamagus (Central)Rock climbing3.9 mi
- WM: Franconia NotchRock climbing4 mi
- Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton WoodsLake fishing7.6 mi
- Pemigewasset RiverCanoeing8.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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