NH Bureau of Trails Press Release
(Concord, NH) The New Hampshire Division of
Parks and Recreation’s Bureau of Trails, reports that construction of a new
trail for snowmobiles and ATVs will begin this week in the northeast corner of
the Gorham Town Forest. The trail was approved by the Town of Gorham earlier
this summer. The project is part of a snowmobile trail improvement as well as an
ATV loop opportunity into Gorham. The trail construction is to improve a 900’
section of former skid trail to an improved trail surface for year-round use.
As part of this trail project the Bureau has designated 0.6 miles of the
Presidential Rail Trail for summer ATV use; from the Route 2 parking area east
over the high trestle to the rail corridor owned by Brookfield Power to provide
access to the new trail. The 0.6 mile designation has been modified from the
original proposal due to concerns raised at a public meeting in 2010. This
modification was supported unanimously by the Gorham Selectboard at a noticed
meeting in June.
The Bureau anticipates construction of the improved trail, and signing upgrades
on the recreational rail trail to be completed by early November.
Note: This trail will intersect into the WMRR Trail system near the junction of Corridor 19 and Camp Loop in Jericho Mountain State Park. From there the trail will head due south and connect into Corridor 19 in the Presidential Range Riders system at a sharp left hand turn (heading south) where Corridor 19 exits from a woods trail onto a logging road. This trail will most likely be designated as Alternate Corridor 19 and will help to split the traffic load between Berlin and Gorham onto two different trails.