Costa Conservation Area

Lower Powerline Trail & Upper Powerline Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 39 min

Lower Powerline Trail & Upper Powerline Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back in Costa Conservation Area near Pelham, NH. It climbs 311 ft. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi164 – 325 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Lower Powerline Trail & Upper Powerline Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 311 ft · 1 hr 39 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. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Apple Farm Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right onto Upper Powerline Trail, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miBear right onto Lower Powerline Trail, heading SE.
  5. 0.1 miReach Upper Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.1 miBear left onto Upper Powerline Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left onto Apple Farm Trail, heading NW.
  8. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Pipeline / Garland Woods Field trail, heading S.
  9. 0.5 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

6% dirt94% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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