Beaver Brook Association

Cow Lane–Dan Smith Road, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Cow Lane–Dan Smith Road, 6 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Beaver Brook Association near West Hollis, NH. It climbs 258 ft. It scores 21/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi249 – 348 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.72838, -71.62819
Nearest town West Hollis, NH

Directions

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Cow Lane–Dan Smith Road, 6 sights

5 mi · ▲ 258 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 249–349 ft

Out & Back · Beaver Brook Association

Trailhead: 42.72838, -71.62819

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Jeff Smith Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Shoen Road, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miBear right onto Dan Smith Road, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Jason's Cutoff Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Eastman Meadow Trail, heading E.
  6. 0.2 miBear right onto Elkins Road Trail, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading NE.
  8. 150 ftBear left onto Brown Lane Trail, heading E.
  9. 400 ftTurn right onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading SE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right onto Teepee Trail, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miBear left onto Cow Lane, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
  14. 150 ftReach Shoen Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 100 ftSharp left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miBear right onto Teepee Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Self Guided Nature Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn left onto Brown Lane Trail, heading NW.
  19. 400 ftBear right onto Beaver Brook Trail, heading N.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Elkins Road Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miBear left onto Eastman Meadow Trail, heading NW.
  22. 0.2 miTurn right onto Jason's Cutoff Trail, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Dan Smith Road, heading S.
  24. 0.3 miBear left onto Shoen Road, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jeff Smith Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% gravel99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~30 min). Leave by 6:00 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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