Peabody Brook Trail
New Hampshire
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3.0 mi
Distance
2,134 ft
Gain
2h 2m
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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Why you'll love it
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Peabody Brook Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 3.0 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,134 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,134 ft
- Highest point
- 2,639 ft
- Lowest point
- 750 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- National Park Service
- Fee
- No fee
Source for fee: National Park Service API
About this trail
Peabody Brook Trail is a 5.9-mile out-and-back hike in New Hampshire managed by the National Park Service. The trail gains 2,101 feet of elevation over its length.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 2,639 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,134 ft
- Total descent
- 2,134 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 5.9 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
It rolls up and down the whole way rather than holding one long climb.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Androscoggin Ranger District · Ranger district
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail · National Park Service
- White Mountain National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- National Park Service
Source: USFS EDW boundaries; NPS Land Resources boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1
Conditions
Active alerts for Androscoggin Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Discovery Trail Emergency Closure
critical · posted Aug 27, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Dryad Falls TrailHiking0.1 mi
- Austin Brook TrailHiking1.3 mi
- Middle Mountain TrailHiking1.4 mi
- Main Slab AreaRock climbing1.9 mi
- North Bald CapRock climbing2.1 mi
- Lost Boys AreaRock climbing2.2 mi
- Rattle River ShelterCamping4.6 mi
- Hastings CampgroundCamping8.4 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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