Peaked Mountain Trail

Peaked Mountain Trail climbs through The Nature Conservancy’s Green Hills Preserve to open summit ledges above North Conway. The approved recorded route is an out-and-back measuring about 3.89 miles, with about 1,280 feet of recorded elevation gain.

The Nature Conservancy’s directions describe an approach from Thompson Road and the Pudding Pond parking area, following the power lines to an information kiosk before continuing into the preserve’s trail network. The preserve map identifies the Peaked Mountain Trail and marks the Thompson Road Trailhead. The mapped access for this listing is named Peaked Mountain Trail.

The preserve’s trail guide describes the mountain route climbing over exposed granite slabs, with intermittent red pine and pitch pine near the summit. Open ledges provide views toward Middle Mountain, Black Cap, Mount Chocorua and the Moat Mountain Range. TNC also describes the wider Green Hills landscape as a mosaic of rocky ridges, mixed forest and wetlands, with rare red-pine rocky-ridge habitat.

Distance and elevation gain describe the recorded route; trail character, access context and natural features are drawn from The Nature Conservancy’s preserve guidance and map.