White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine
Haystack Notch
4.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 31897 · trail class 2 · typical grade 10-12% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike
Trailhead Haystack Notch East / Miles Notch North Trailhead Drive there
Haystack Notch East / Miles Notch North Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Provides access top the Speckled Mountain region of the White Mountain National Forest.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Miles Notch Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
This trail accesses Red Ridge Trail and continues to the height of the notch, ending at it's north terminus near the Haystack Notch Trail.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White Mountain National Forest
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.