Dry River

New Hampshire

New Hampshire

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1.5 mi

Distance

752 ft

Gain

34 min

Time

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What we do know

  • Inside White Mountain National Forest

    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

Through-trail
Quick trip — under 2 mi
Point-to-point

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Elevation & route

Distance
1.5 mi
Elevation gain
752 ft
Elevation loss
805 ft
Highest point
3,474 ft
Lowest point
2,689 ft
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Permits & access

Managing agency
Forest Service
Bikes
Not allowed

Source for bikes: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)

About this trail

Dry River is a 1.51-mile point-to-point trail in New Hampshire managed by the Forest Service. The trail descends 805 feet over its length.

Facts about this trail

The climb

Starts at
3,458 ft
High point
3,474 ft
Total climbing
752 ft
Total descent
805 ft
Steepest stretch
24% grade around mile 0.6 from the start
Length
1.5 mi
Shape
Point to point

Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)

Where it is

Managed by
Forest Service

Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1

Conditions

Active alerts for White Mountain National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

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