White Mountain National Forest · New Hampshire, Maine
Sandwich Mtn
3.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 32214 · trail class 2 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 18-24 inches wide · hiking, bike
Trailhead Drakes Brook/Sandwich Mtn Trailhead Drive there
Drakes Brook/Sandwich Mtn Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
This trailhead provides access to both the Sandwich Mountain and Drakes Brook trails. After the first half mile both trails are in the Sandwich Range Wilderness. The Drakes Brook trail passes a spur to Fletcher's Cascades and then ascends to intersect with the Sandwich Mountain trail at 3.2 miles. Half a mile above this intersection is the upper terminus of the Smarts Brook trail. From the parking area Sandwich Mountain trail reaches the summit after 3.9 miles, where it intersects with Bennett Street and Algonquin trails. Fine views are afforded from various sites along these trails.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in White Mountain National Forest
Other trails from the Drakes Brook/Sandwich Mtn Trailhead
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.
