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id: "2256"
name: White Mountains Trail
distance: "100"
duration: 2.5 hours to drive this byway.
description: The White Mountains Trail offers New England's most rugged mountain scenery as it travels easily through three historic "notches" or mountain passes. Views abound of villages and unspoiled National Forest.  Stops include views of Mount Washington and the grand Mount Washington Hotel, mountain cascades, wildlife, and the Appalachian Trail.
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organization:
  - url: https://www.visitwhitemountains.com/things-to-do/scenic-drives/the-white-mountains-trail/
    name: White Mountains Trail
websites:
  - url: https://www.visitnh.gov/things-to-do/scenic-drives/white-mountains
    name: New Hampshire Travel Guide
attractions:
  - url: https://www.outdoors.org/destinations/new-hampshire/highland-center/
    name: Appalachian Mountain Club Highland Center
  - url: https://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm
    name: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/great-bay
    name: Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: https://www.twinmountain.com/
    name: Twin Mountain
  - url: https://www.fs.usda.gov/white
    name: White Mountain National Forest
designations:
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - New Hampshire State Scenic Byway
states:
  - NH
ll:
  - -71.28221100023745
  - 44.078128999653586
bounds:
  - - -71.69196300039215
    - 43.97886999985059
  - - -71.10973400002405
    - 44.27156799976336
books: "978-1426219054"

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The White Mountains Trail offers New England's most rugged mountain scenery as it travels easily through three historic "notches" or mountain passes. Views abound of villages and unspoiled National Forest.  Stops include views of Mount Washington and the grand Mount Washington Hotel, mountain cascades, wildlife, and the Appalachian Trail.