White Mountain Trail

National Scenic Byway 71 mi in New Hampshire.

Find camping along it Drive to one end Byway page on America's Byways

About the White Mountain Trail

The White Mountain Trail offers New England's most rugged mountain scenery as it travels easily through three historic notches or mountain passes. Views abound of villages and unspoiled National Forest. Stops include views of Mount Washington and the grand Mount Washington Hotel, mountain cascades, wildlife, and the Appalachian Trail.

Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.

Designations: National Scenic Byway, New Hampshire State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.

Camping along the byway

on the roadDry River Campground (Crawford Notch State Park) · State park · 36 sites · reservable
on the roadZealand · Forest Service
on the roadFourth Iron Tent Site · Forest Service
on the roadLafayette Place Campground (Franconia Notch State Park) · State park · 97 sites · reservable
on the roadCannon Mountain RV Park (Franconia Notch State Park) · State park · 7 sites · reservable
on the roadRussell-Colbath Barn · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
on the roadSugarloaf 1 Campground · Forest Service · 29 sites · reservable
0.6 mi offSugarloaf 2 Campground · Forest Service · 33 sites · reservable
1.4 mi offEthan Pond Shelter · Forest Service
1.7 mi offLiberty Springs Tent Site · Forest Service
1.8 mi offNauman Tent Site · Forest Service
1.9 mi offRadeke Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
2.0 mi offCoppermine Shelter · Forest Service
2.3 mi offRussell Pond Campground · Forest Service · 86 sites · reservable
2.4 mi offKinsman Pond Shelter · Forest Service
2.7 mi offSawyer Pond Shelter & Tent Platforms · Forest Service
2.9 mi offEliza Brook Shelter · Forest Service
3.0 mi offBlackberry Crossing Campground · Forest Service
3.4 mi offTripoli Campground · Forest Service
3.6 mi offCovered Bridge · Forest Service · 50 sites · reservable
3.6 mi offGarfield Ridge Shelter · Forest Service
3.8 mi offCamp Penacook Shelter · Forest Service
3.9 mi offRocky Branch Shelter #1 · Forest Service
4.0 mi offThirteen Falls · Forest Service
4.1 mi offDry River Shelter # 3 · Forest Service
4.3 mi offDoublehead Cabin · Forest Service · 1 sites · reservable
4.4 mi offHancock Campground (NH) · Forest Service · 56 sites · reservable

Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.

Every byway in New Hampshire Byways by state New Hampshire on the camping map

About this page's facts

The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.