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End-to-End Hike
1. Is a complete hike, from the Atlantic Ocean to Mont Megantic in Canada, in either direction, done in sections or all at once. 2. The Northern terminus shall be the summit of Mont Megantic in Quebec. The southern east terminus is the Ninigret Beach in Charlestown, Rhode Island; the southern west terminus is Lighthouse Point in New Haven, Connecticut. 3. An end to end hike must visit all of the major features on the route (listed below) as integral and contiguous parts of the overall hike. Major Features, West Branch (Lighthouse Point to Mt. Monadnock): 2. The Regicides Trail to the Quinnipiac Trail; the Quinnipiac Trail to the foot of Sleeping Giant.
3. A complete trail route along the summit ridge of Sleeping Giant.
6. The Metacomet Trail north to the Massachusetts border.
8. The Robert Frost Trail from Orient Mountain to Mount Toby. 9. Any combination of trail on Mount Toby including the south facing cliffs, the summit, Roaring Falls, and Cranberry Pond. 10. The Robert Frost Trail from Cranberry Pond to Ruggles Pond in Wendell State Forest. 11. The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail from Ruggles Pond to the base of the Farley Ledges in Erving. 12. Red Trail around then over Farley Ledges to Northfield Mountain Trail (blue trail). Any route to Rose Ledges then Hermit Mountain. Metacomet-Monadnock Trail from Hermit Mountain to junction of Tully Trail. 13. Complete Metacomet-Monadnock route from Northfield Mountain ridgeline to junction with the Tully Trail. 14. The Tully Trail from its junction with the Metacomet-Monadnock trail, including Tully Mountain, Tully Lake, Doanes Falls, Spirit Falls, Jacob's Ledge, and Royalston Falls. 13. The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail from Royalston Falls to the base of Mount Monadnock. 14 Any trail or
combination of trails to the summit of Mt. Monadnock. 2. A route mostly following the North-South Trail and including Wachaug Pond, Shamunkanuc Hill, Meadow Brook Pond, Carolina Trout Pond. 3. The Yawgoog Trail system from Blue Pond to Stepstone Falls and including Long Pond, Ell Pond, Wincheck Pond, Yawgoog Pond, Beach Pond, Tippecansett Pond, and Eskoheag Hill. 4. A route mostely following the North-South Trail from Stepstone Falls to the Massachusetts border and including Nicholas Farm WMA, Carbuncle Pond, Moosup Valley Cemetary, Clark Pond, Jeremoth Hill, Killingly Pond, Durfee Hill WMA, Hemlock Ledges, Peck Pond, and Buck Hill WMA. 5. The Midstate Trail in Douglas State Forest but also including the Cedar Swamp boardwalk and a visit to Wallum Lake. 6. The Midstate Trail from Douglas State Forest to the French River in Oxford. 7. Hodges Village Dam along the French River 8. A complete circuit of Buffumville Lake via loop trail and MST. 9. A route mostly following the the Midstate Trail from Buffumville Lake to Route 9 in Spencer and including the Route 20 Cow Tunnel, Northside Common, Faye Mountain Orchard, Four Chimneys Summit, and Burncoat Pond Sanctuary. 10. The Midstate Trail from Route 9 to Wachusett Meadows; then to Mount Wachusett to the Crow Hills but also including the summit of Brown Hill in the Wachusett Meadows Sanctuary. 11. The Midstate Trail from Muddy Pond to the New Hampshire border. 12. The Wapack Trail to the summit of South Pack Mountain. 13. A route from Pack Monadnock to Monadnock including the trail from South Pack to Peterborough via Cranberry Meadow Pond, then a cross country route to Monadnock including Noone Village, Parker Pond (optional), Frost Pond, and Gilsum Pond. 14. Any trail or combination of trails to the summit of Monadnock.
Major Features, New Hampshire: 1. The entire Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway from Monadnock to Lake Solitude. 2. The eastern half of the Sunapee-Kearsarge-Ragged Greenway from the summit of Sunapee to the summit of Bog Mountain but also including the summit of Sunset Hill. 3. Gile Region: Butterfield Pond, the Colabe Mine, Banks Pinnacle (optional), Grafton Pond, Isinglass Mountain, Tewksbury Pond, Orange Pond. 4. Mount Cardigan, any route over the summit but including the Firescrew and Mowglis Mountain. 6. Plymouth Region: Sculptured Rocks, Bald Knob, Tenney Mountain, Plymouth Mountain, Plymouth Center, Livermore Falls, and Mt. Prospect. 7. The Squam Range from Mt. Webster to Mt. Israel. 8. A contiguous route through the White Mountain region including these features: Sandwich Mountain (including Jennings and Noon peaks); Mt. Tripyramid; The Sleepers; Mt. Whiteface; Passaconway Mtn; Paugus Mtn; Mt. Chocorua and the Sisters; White Ledge; Swift River Gorge; South and Middle Moat Mountains; Diana's Bath; White Horse and Cathedral Ledges; The entire Montalbon Ridge from Mt. Stanton to Mt. Isolation; Mt. Washington, Jefferson, and Mt. Adams via any combination of routes; Mt. Crescent and Mt. Randolph; Pond of Safety; Kilkenny Ridge from the Waumbek/South Weeks Col to South Pond; Stark Village; Devil's Slide. 9 The Cohos Trail from Stark to Coleman State Park including the Sugarloaf Summit. 10. Part of the proposed High Country Trail including Mt. Pisgah, Mt. Magalloway, and Diamond Ridge. 11. The Cohos Trail along Second, Third and Fourth Connecticut Lakes, including the summit of Deer Mountain. 12. Border Mountains including all significant peaks from NH Route 3 to the summit of Mt. D'Urban. 13. Mt. Megantic summit, including St. Joseph summit as well.
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