Lions Head
New Hampshire
Free — you'll pick up right here.
2.5 mi
Distance
2,019 ft
Gain
1h 50m
Time
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
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
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
Nobody's filed a report here yet — be the first.
Why you'll love it
Here's your day, mapped
Lions Head
Suggested plan · check conditions before you go
Meals
Gear for the day
Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,019 ft
- Elevation loss
- 2,019 ft
- Highest point
- 5,674 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,821 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
- Accessibility
- Not an accessible trail (Forest Service accessibility status)
Source for bikes, surface, accessibility: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Lions Head is a 2.49-mile out-and-back trail in New Hampshire managed by the Forest Service. The trail gains 2,005 feet of elevation.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,821 ft
- High point
- 5,674 ft
- Total climbing
- 2,019 ft
- Total descent
- 2,019 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 46% grade right from the start
- Length (round trip)
- 2.5 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes early, so the second half is easier.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Androscoggin Ranger District · Ranger district
- White Mountain National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
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
- Tuckerman RavineHiking0.1 mi
- Hermit Lake ComplexCamping0.1 mi
- John Sherburne Ski TrailSki touring0.2 mi
- Huntington RavineRock climbing0.9 mi
- WM: Pinkham / PresidentialsRock climbing1.4 mi
- Osgood Tent SiteCamping3.6 mi
- Omni Mount Washington Resort, Bretton WoodsLake fishing8.7 mi
- Ellis RiverRiver fishing9.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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