The trail begins on a gravel service road (which also serves as an ATV trail) for the nearby wind farm. The blades of the windmills can sometimes be seen above the tops of the trees. After 0.7 miles look for yellow blazes on trees to the left for the trail's turn off into the woods. The trail rises to a logging skidway on which it travels for 0.25 miles before turning off the skidway to the right. It continues over mostly level terrain through forests and partially open areas providing restricted views of nearby peaks, at times traveling along skidder paths.
About 0.7 miles from the wind farm access road, the trail begins to ascend. It climbs Baldhead in a series of terraces and switchbacks, with numerous sharp changes in direction. The Baldhead summit offers some restricted views and a lean-to at which to rest before making the return journey back east along the same trail. The Cohos Trails continues from here to the west along the Gadwah Notch Trail.
The Cohos Trail is a system of pathways and spur trails from southern Crawford Notch in the White Mountain National Forest through the Great North Woods to the Canadian border at far-flung Pittsburg, NH. Within this geography it stretches for 170 miles of wilderness hiking. To learn more about the Cohos Trail, visit their website, purchase the Cohos Trail Guidebook and support the organization.
For additional information, visit the Cohos Trail Association website, or contact:
Cohos Trail AssociationFrom Errol, head west on NH-26 for 6.7 miles, to Log Haven Campground on the left. From Dixville Notch, head east on NH-26 for about 4.5 miles, to just before the Log Haven Campground on the right. Take the gravel road on the east side of NH-26 that is just north of the campground.
Travel west on this former logging road, that now serves as an access road to the nearby windfarms, and a snowmobile trail in winter. After 0.8 miles pass the road on the right and continue straight. At 3.3 miles there is a Y junction; continue straight/to the right, passing by the lane entering on the left (which may be gated). At 4.4 miles there is a second junction, with the road to the right (north) heading to Dixville Peak. This junction offers the best place for parking, with plenty of room to pull off the road.
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