White Mountain Trail
Franconia Notch State Park, NH

Franconia Notch State Park is located high in the White Mountain National Forest (Franconia Notch is a mountain pass.) This state park is crammed with fun things to see and do.

For one, you can saunter along the 800-foot-long Flume Gorge (and under its sheer 90-foot walls) on wide gravel paths and wooden walkways. Along this two-mile trail, you will also walk on bridges, past waterfalls, scenic pools, and glacial boulders. The Flume Gorge also has a visitor center.

The park is also the home of the famous Old Man of the Mountain (a geological formation)--the "Great Stone Face" immortalized by Nathaniel Hawthorne and Daniel Webster.

You should also try to do at least a few of these things while at the Park: ride the aerial tramway at Cannon Mountain, visit the New England Ski Museum, swim at Echo Lake, fish at Profile Lake, ride your bike on a trail, rock climb, watch for hawks and falcons, or hike on the Appalachian Trail.