Mid State Trail & Wapack Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Mid State Trail & Wapack Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back in Mount Watatic Reservation near Smithville, NH. It climbs 575 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Mid State Trail & Wapack Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 575 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,194–1,574 ft
Out & Back · Mount Watatic Reservation
Trailhead: 42.70959, -71.88535
Weather Aug 4: Rain showers, high 76°F / low 64° · precip 95% · wind 11 mph · sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1 miTurn right onto Mid State Trail, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Wapack Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Mid State Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Mid State Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:08 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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More from this trailhead
- Mount Watatic–Nutting Hill, 6 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 1,072 ft
- Nutting Hill–Mid State Trail, 4 sights 4.9 mi · ▲ 1,257 ft
- Binney Hill Road–Mid State Trail, 3 sights 5.2 mi · ▲ 779 ft
- Nutting Hill–Access Road, 4 sights 5.3 mi · ▲ 1,329 ft
- Mid State Trail–Wapack Trail, 3 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 832 ft
- Pratt Mountain–Mid State Trail, 3 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,251 ft
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