Bike rides in New Hampshire

Explore 6 rail-trail, greenway and park ride options in New Hampshire, with route lengths, surfaces, access notes and starting locations. These are selected recreational outings, not an exhaustive trail inventory. Read each guide’s scope and access cautions before choosing a ride.

6 ride guides · alphabetical order

• Franconia Notch: short paved return from the Flume access

  Lincoln

  Up to 2 miles return · Out and back

  Paved separated recreation path

  Join the signed paved Recreation Path at its south entrance and ride north up to one mile, then retrace. Stay off I-93, gorge hiking trails and campground roads. Walk any steep access ramp.

• Londonderry Rail Trail — Exit 5 head: short bicycle return

  Londonderry

  Up to 2 miles return · Out-and-back

  Paved completed main rail-trail

  Follow the signed main path northeast toward Derry. Turn after 1 outward mile or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• NH Seacoast Greenway — Portsmouth Skate Park trailhead: short bicycle return

  Portsmouth

  Up to 1 mile return · Out-and-back

  Compacted stone-dust multiuse rail-trail; not future street links

  Follow the signed main path south on the signed compacted-stone-dust Greenway. Turn after 0.5 outward miles or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Northern Rail Trail — Potter Place depot: short bicycle return

  Andover / Potter Place

  Up to 4 miles return · Out-and-back

  Engineered compacted stone dust main trail

  Follow the signed main path northwest toward Danbury. Turn after 2 outward miles or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Piscataquog — West Side Arena: short bicycle return

  Manchester

  Up to 2 miles return · Out-and-back

  Paved main rail-trail

  Follow the signed main path west toward Goffstown. Turn after 1 outward mile or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Windham Rail Trail: Depot to before Roulston Road

  Windham

  About6.4miles main return plus parking walk · Out and back

  Paved rail-trail

  About 6.4 miles out and back on the main trail, plus the walk from your parking space. Start at the designated Windham Depot trail lot, follow the paved Windham Rail Trail generally east and then south, and turn back on its wooded approach before Roulston Road. This course returns to the same lot and avoids crossing Depot Road, Frost Road, North Lowell Road or Roulston Road.