{"id":5111,"date":"2022-07-01T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/?p=5111"},"modified":"2022-07-01T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T14:42:05","slug":"summer-shade-on-rail-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/summer-shade-on-rail-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Shade on Rail Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Goffstown Rail Trail, photo by Ellen Kolb<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find summer shade on the Granite State\u2019s rail trails<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Hampshire\u2019s lakes and beaches are popular on summer\u2019s hottest days. For a less-crowded alternative, check out parks and trails close to home. For a shady option for pedestrians and cyclists, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/about-3-3\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your local rail trail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> might be just right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few short trail segments lined with trees to give you a shaded canopy for your summer walk or ride.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goffstown Rail Trail, between Danis Park Road and the Manchester city line. In addition to pleasant shade, part of the trail goes through a rock cut that looks as cool as it feels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wide and newly-extended New Boston Rail Trail follows the Piscataquog River, muting the sound of traffic on nearby Route 13.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cheshire Rail Trail. If you visit Rhododendron State Park in Fitzwilliam to enjoy its annual bloom time in July, the Cheshire trail is only a short drive away. Try the mile-long stretch south of Rockwood Pond, which includes a view of Mount Monadnock.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dover Community Trail, along the Cocheco River. The western part of the trail is especially pleasant, from the Watson Road trailhead east to the Spaulding Turnpike. East of the turnpike, the trail extends into town where you can enjoy dining and sightseeing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you choose trail or shore, enjoy your summer days here in the Granite State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more by NHRTC Treasurer, Ellen Kolb,\u00a0 check out her blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/granitestatewalker.com\/\">http:\/\/granitestatewalker.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goffstown Rail Trail, photo by Ellen Kolb Find summer shade on the Granite State\u2019s rail trails New Hampshire\u2019s lakes and beaches are popular on summer\u2019s hottest days. For a less-crowded&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5118,"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-5111","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\/5111","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=5111"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5119,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5111\/revisions\/5119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhrtc.org\/nhrtc-core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}