{"id":4984,"date":"2022-05-04T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/?p=4984"},"modified":"2022-05-04T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T15:22:37","slug":"parks-and-rail-trails-they-go-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/parks-and-rail-trails-they-go-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks and Rail Trails: They Go Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h4>Text and photo by NHRTC Board Member Ellen Kolb.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"gmail_default\">The Granite State has more than 300 miles of rail trails, along with more than 90 state park properties. Why not explore one of each in a single trip? You can create your own itinerary with the information you&#8217;ll find at <a href=\"http:\/\/nhstateparks.org\/\">nhstateparks.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nhrtc.org\/\">nhrtc.org<\/a>. Here are a few ideas to get you started.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"gmail_default\">Take Route 101 to exit 5 in Raymond and head north to Pawtuckaway State Park. Take your pick of activities there, with a lake, a fire tower, and a boulder field awaiting your discovery. Later, head back toward 101 and set your map app to &#8220;Raymond B&amp;M Depot&#8221; or &#8220;Raymond Historical Society.&#8221; There, you&#8217;ll find a restored\u00a0train depot and a parking area from which you can set off for a walk on the Rockingham Recreational Trail.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"gmail_default\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<p>If you&#8217;re in Nashua, you&#8217;ll find the northernmost parking area for the Nashua River Rail Trail on Gilson Road. When you&#8217;re finished with your walk or ride, cool off with a swim at Silver Lake State Park in Hollis, a ten-minute ride away.<\/p>\n<p>The auto road up Pack Monadnock at Miller State Park in Peterborough leads to a picnic area and a beautiful vista to the north. After enjoying the view, you can drive a few minutes west to the center of Peterborough and its Common Pathway, which follows\u00a0the Contoocook River along an old railbed.<\/p>\n<p>Your chosen state park might have a nominal admission fee, so check the state parks website before you go. Rail trails are always free!<\/p>\n<p>To read more by Ellen \u2013 check out her blog:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/granitestatewalker.com\/about\/\">Granite State Walker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text and photo by NHRTC Board Member Ellen Kolb. The Granite State has more than 300 miles of rail trails, along with more than 90 state park properties. Why not&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-exploring-nhs-rail-trails"},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4984"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5001,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4984\/revisions\/5001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}