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Mount Watatic Reservation

Nutting Hill–Cascade Trail, 5 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 706 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Nutting Hill–Cascade Trail, 5 sights is a 2.9-mile out-and-back in Mount Watatic Reservation near Smithville, NH. The route reaches Nutting Hill. It climbs 706 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 50/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,194 – 1,732 ft · steepest grade: 24%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.70556, -71.88813
Nearest town Smithville, NH
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Nutting Hill–Cascade Trail, 5 sights

2.9 mi · ▲ 706 ft · 1 hr 19 min

Elevation 1,193–1,734 ft

Out & Back · Mount Watatic Reservation

Trailhead: 42.70556, -71.88813

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Mid State Trail, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftPass Nutting Hill.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left onto State Line Trail, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Old Cart Path, heading S.
  7. 350 ftBear right onto Mid State Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.7 miSharp left onto Spruce Glade, heading SE.
  9. 200 ftBear right onto Access Road, heading S.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Liftline Trail, heading N.
  11. 350 ftContinue straight onto Cascade Trail, heading NE.
  12. 250 ftContinue straight onto Liftline Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/nutting-hill-cascade-trail-out-back-5-sights

Trail surface

57% dirt43% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM

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