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.
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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
- Start on Finemans Trail, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Apple Farm Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Upper Powerline Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Lower Powerline Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miReach Upper Powerline Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Upper Powerline Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Apple Farm Trail, heading NW.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Pipeline / Garland Woods Field trail, heading S.
- 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.
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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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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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