I have done the Massachusetts
SOBO sections 19 -18-17-16-15-14-13-12
See photos.
IMPORTANT!
the Google Maps directions to royalston falls often take people the wrong way.
The entrance is at a trustees of reservations parking area off the paved road Route 32.
a 215-mile long-distance hiking trail from Long Island Sound in CT to the MA/NH border Be aware there are 2 major trail breaks at river crossings. Please go to the New England Trail webpage for instructions on how to manage these obstacles and updates to trail closures and coronavirus updates.
But wait- there's MORE!
From the northern terminus if the NET, there are regional trails that lead North all the way to the Canadian border!
Find this information at the bottom of this list.
Main NET website
Website
Download of the trail details with miles and elevation etc. Water sources arenot always reliable. This is from 2017 and changes have been made to theTrail. Check NET webpage for updates reroutes and closures
Paper Map
Guthooks NET app
also use this this app to navigate while offline
NET Interactive map
Overnight sites
Also see this
GOOGLE MAP
of accommodations along the trail
NET Accommodations
But wait- there's MORE!
From the northern terminus if the NET, there are regional trails that lead North all the way to the Canadian border!
There's just one gap that can be navigated easily.
From the Mass border, the trail continues on as the old M-M Trail to the top of Mt Monadnock, then down the other side via the M-S Greenway and continuing for another 50 miles.
Then it connects with the SRK Greenway
then there is a gap (the following map used a mix of trails and roads referred to as the "ad hoc route"),
then the Appalachian Trail into the White Mountains (the most physically challenging part)
getting off at Zealand Trail
to connect with the Cohos Trail all the way to the border and the origin of the Connecticut River.
Here's the map
Created by a hiker!
Details to The map of the ad hoc route is on this page
Ad hoc route
And there's an old footpath that connects the NET to the Appalachian trail.
Unkamits path
Please ask permission to cross at private property areas.
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