RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM

Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a competitive grant program that offers funding for quality public trail projects throughout New Hampshire. Limited grants are available for motorized, non-motorized and diversified trails. Eligible projects include maintenance and restoration of existing trails, purchase and lease of trail construction and maintenance equipment, construction of new trails, development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages. Applicants may be non-profit organizations, private groups, educational institutions, or government entities.

RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund, and represent a portion of the motor fuel excise tax collected from nonhighway recreational fuel use: fuel used for off-highway recreation by snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and off-highway light trucks. These funds are appropriated to the states by the Federal Highway Administration as authorized through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The program in New Hampshire is administered by the Bureau of Trails.

Application period for Fiscal Year 2026 RTP Grants is now CLOSED. Please check in Spring 2026 for FFY-2027 application and spring workshop dates. NOTE: attendance to at least one workshop is required to be eligible to apply.

For more information – go to the NH Bureau of Trail’s website:   https://www.nhstateparks.org/find-parks-trails/find-a-trail/grants/recreational-trails-program