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New Hampshire Heritage Trail

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–23 °C (52–73 °F)

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M2°-8°74
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Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

New Hampshire Heritage Trail is a trail of about 13 km (8 mi) in New Hampshire, United States of America. It lies about 4.4 km south of Lancaster. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Oct.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length: 13 km · 8 mi (agency length field)
Source: USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Data from: New Hampshire GRANIT
Nearest town: 4.4 km S of Lancaster (Coos County, New Hampshire) · GeoNames
Best months: May–Oct
Country: United States of America
Region: New Hampshire
Continent: North America
Route centre: 44.4768, -71.5669

How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

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