Kinsman Ridge Trail
New Hampshire
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4.4 mi
Distance
6,490 ft
Gain
2h 16m
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
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Kinsman Ridge Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 4.4 mi
- Elevation gain
- 6,490 ft
- Elevation loss
- 6,490 ft
- Highest point
- 4,046 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,974 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Kinsman Ridge Trail is a 8.76-mile out-and-back hike in New Hampshire managed by the Forest Service. The trail features 1,608 feet of elevation gain and 3,380 feet of elevation loss.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,751 ft
- High point
- 4,046 ft
- Total climbing
- 6,490 ft
- Total descent
- 6,490 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 59% grade around mile 2.2 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 8.8 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
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
- Kinsman PondCamping0.1 mi
- Appalachian TrailHiking1.2 mi
- Twenty TwentyMountain biking1.6 mi
- Kinsman RidgeHiking1.6 mi
- Coppermine ShelterCamping1.6 mi
- Henderson's ButtressRock climbing2.5 mi
- Whitney-Gilman AreaRock climbing2.6 mi
- Pemigewasset RiverCanoeing4.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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