Nutting Hill–Island Pond, 5 sights is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Wapack Wilderness near Smithville, NH. The route passes Nutting Hill and Mill Pond before reaching Island Pond at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 1,818 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi1,194 – 1,768 ft · steepest grade: 28%10.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 42.70556, -71.88813
Nearest town Smithville, NH
Directions
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Nutting Hill–Island Pond, 5 sights
9.7 mi · ▲ 1,818 ft · 4 hr 9 min
Elevation 1,193–1,769 ft
Out & Back · Wapack Wilderness
Trailhead: 42.70556, -71.88813
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:50 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Mid State Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Nutting Hill.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Wapack Trail, heading N.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Binney Hill Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Wapack Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miPass Mill Pond.
- 50 ftPass Island Pond.
- 100 ftReach Nutting Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Binney Hill Road, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Wapack Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Mid State Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
57% dirt43% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:50 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 5:52 PM for the 6:50 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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