Costa Conservation Area

Apple Farm Trail & Upper Powerline Trail via Lower Powerline Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Apple Farm Trail & Upper Powerline Trail via Lower Powerline Trail is a 4.4-mile out-and-back in Costa Conservation Area near Pelham, NH. It climbs 276 ft. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 325 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Finemans Trail 42.71055, -71.31698
Nearest town Pelham, NH

Directions

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Apple Farm Trail & Upper Powerline Trail via Lower Powerline Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Elevation 164–324 ft

Out & Back · Costa Conservation Area

Trailhead: Finemans Trail · 42.71055, -71.31698

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Finemans Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.6 miBear left onto Pipeline / Garland Woods Field trail, heading N.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Apple Farm Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.9 miSharp right onto Lower Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left onto Upper Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftReach Upper Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftTurn right onto Lower Powerline Trail, heading S.
  9. 0.7 miSharp left onto Apple Farm Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.9 miBear right onto Pipeline / Garland Woods Field trail, heading S.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  12. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

34% dirt66% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~29 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:44 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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