White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine

Moat Mountain Trail

9.2 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 32388 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 36-48 inches wide · hiking, bike

Trailhead South Moat Mountain Trailhead Drive there

Attitash Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Hikers reach Table Mountain (2,610 ft.) in 1.9 miles, Big Attitash Mountain (2,910 ft.) in 4.7 miles and Moat Mountain Trail in 7.2 miles.

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Moat Mountain Mineral Site Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

The Moat Mountain Mineral Site is located on the contact zone of two rock units: the Conway granite and Moat volcanics. The Moat volcanics are large deposits of volcanic debris that were ejected from the Earth by ancient volcanoes nearly 200 million years ago. Conway granite crystalized from a magma beneath the Earth’s surface after the eruptions that formed the Moat volcanics. As the magma of the Conway granite rose against the overlying Moat volcanics, fluids were trapped as bubbles within the magma. The magma solidified and crystals had the space to grow within the fluid bubbles frozen in the rock. Today, crystal-bearing bubbles in granite (known as miarolitic cavities or pockets) are common in the Conway granite at its contacts with the Moat volcanics.

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South Moat Mountain Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

South Moat Mountain (2,770 ft.) can be reached in 2.7 miles from this trailhead, Middle Moat Mountain ((2,800 ft.) in 3.3 miles and North Moat Mountain ((3,196 ft.) in 5.3 miles. The trail continues for a total 9.7 miles to West Side Road.

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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.