Northern Rail Trail, Trail Head — Attraction in Lebanon

This 23 mile rail-to-trail path is very good, and is on par with many of the others that I have done in DC, Maryland, and PA (with the only exception being the amazing rail-to-trail Segment beginning at the Maryland border and proceeding north to Freetown, PA). From the actual trailhead in Lebanon (with free parking in designated spaces), the trail is paved asphalt for about 0.3 miles before crossing an active rural road (Bank Street), where it crosses the first of many old wooden train bridges and transitions to packed earth/crushed gravel (with very few uneven areas or overgrowth) for the next few miles. Within the first 3 miles, there are 5 old wooden train bridges of various designs used to cross the meandering stream/river that this rail line was built along. From the Lebanon trailhead and proceeding east, this rail-to-trail has a very consistant, gradual uphill grade of about 2% (over the first 3 miles, you will gain ~120 feet). If you want to see an actual covered bridge, you can find the very well preserved Covered Bridge #65 before mile 2, but it is 100-m off the trail on an active road (Riverside Road, which also is the second road crossing that you must make as...

Lovely place to walk or bike. Be careful for the dangerous cyclists who take themselves way too seriously however, they have and can create a dangerous atmosphere where you have to be on the look out from...

Maintained really well. Great for walking, jogging and biking. Really beautiful. Pretty much flat all the way from the trail head to Mascoma lake. Family and pet friendly. Gets a little buggy on humid...