Skyline Drive (Shenandoah National Park)
68 miles (109 km), 1 hr 50 min, beginner
Photo: Aneta Kaluzna, CC BY-SA 3.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in New Hampshire
Kancamagus Highway, from Lincoln to Conway (White Mountains)
35 miles (56 km), 55 min, beginner
NH 112, nicknamed "the Kanc", crosses the White Mountain National Forest for about 56 km between Lincoln and Conway and tops out at Kancamagus Pass, at around 870 m. It serves a series of very busy trailheads: Lincoln Woods, Sabbaday Falls about 500 m from the car park, the narrow Rocky Gorge and the Lower Falls cascades. The road, surfaced and open all year, mixes long curves through the forest with a few hairpins near the pass, and has viewpoints such as Pemigewasset and Sugar Hill. There is no petrol station, no restaurant and no mobile signal along the way, and the developed sites require a $5 day pass (America the Beautiful pass accepted).
Stops along the way
- SStart: Lincoln
- 1Lincoln Woods, after 4 miles (7 km)
- 2Col Kancamagus, after 13 miles (20 km)
- 3Belvédère de Sugar Hill, after 17 miles (27 km)
- 4Chutes de Sabbaday, after 19 miles (31 km)
- 5Rocky Gorge, after 26 miles (41 km)
- 6Lower Falls, after 28 miles (44 km)
- FFinish: Conway, after 35 miles (56 km)
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