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Franconia Brook Trail route map
Difficulty: ExpertOut and Back
New Hampshire

Franconia Brook Trail

Lincoln, New Hampshire

15.9 mi

Distance

1,640 ft

Elev. Gain

5h 52m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Expert

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Franconia Brook Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:353 ft
Max:674 ft
Gain:500 ft
Loss:500 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 353 ft and 674 ft across 15.9 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.353 ft460 ft567 ft674 ft0.0 mi4.0 mi7.9 mi11.9 mi15.9 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi355 ft
High point7.9 mi674 ft
End15.9 mi355 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Lincoln, NH · about 3 mi away
County:
Grafton County, NH

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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