White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine

Champney Falls Trail

3.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 32436 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike

Trailhead Champney Falls Trailhead Drive there

Champney Falls Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

A popular trailhead located on the Kancamaugus Highway. Trails provide access to the scenic Champney and Pitcher Falls as well as trails leading to the summit of Mt. Chocorua.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.