White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine
Kinsman Ridge
13 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 31030 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike
Backcountry camps
Along the way Eliza Brook Shelter
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 44.0408, -71.7918 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Reel Brook Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
After winding through old logging and powerline access roads while ascending to connect with the Kinsman Ridge Trail (a section of the Appalachian Trail) at 2.9 miles. This is the easiest access to the Eliza Brook Shelter; 1 mile north of the Reel Brook Trail and the Kinsman Ridge Trail intersection.
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.
