Route to Lost Trail Extension (6.1 mi) — Tree Forts → Lost Trail Ext. trailhead; cyan = confirmed, dashed orange = uncertain, dotted yellow = gap · Download GPX
Direct route to Heads Pond Trail (1.2 mi) — Tree Forts → Heads Pond Trail; solid green = visible tread, dotted magenta = gap: no visible bed, check on foot · Download GPX
Nick’s GPS walks
Nick’s trail (cleaned line) — Oct 24–25, 0.88 mi
Walk Oct 23 — raw Strava GPS
Walk Oct 24 (blue) — raw Strava GPS
Walk Oct 25 (orange) — raw Strava GPS
Trail-work zones — back-and-forth squiggles
Trails & roads
Heads Pond / Hooksett Rail Trail
Rail Trail extension along the old grade (lidar) — dim = faint, very faint = historical alignment, not located
Old railroad grade (1852 Concord & Portsmouth RR) — lidar-traced; bold dash = visible bed / now trail, short dash = now road, dim = faint, very faint = historical alignment, not located
Moosewood trails 1–15 (2021 map) — numbered, ±10 m
Old road beds (lidar) — Tread A/B, Tree Forts road, SW diagonal path
Gas pipeline cut (utility strip)
Logging roads (2024 photo) — seen only in the Oct 2024 Esri photo
Old Chester Turnpike bed — OSM track (closed to motor vehicles), redrawn on the lidar bed; dotted = link to it (likely)
Chester Turnpike (old maps, 1921 USGS) — lidar-traced bed; bold dash = visible, light/wide dash = faint, very faint = historical alignment, not located
R1 1858 Clough/Andrews lane = first 1 km of Lost Trail
R2 Clough/Andrews farm lane (N–S)
R3 farm lane NE (OSM path on bed)
R4 west farm lane (faint)
R5 1858 G. Nicholas lane (+ not-found continuation)
HM4 heatmap path ~150 m N of Moosewood #11 W end
HM5 heatmap link HM4 → Heads Pond rail-bed trail
Lanes/paths: bright = visible bed, dimmer = faint, very faint = historical alignment, not located.
Markers
Tree Forts — Oct 23 turnaround
Hilltop point (Dad’s hike) — reference only, not a trail point
Land & access (off by default)
Public / open (Heads Pond 14-A, Bear-Paw 15-91, Bear Brook SP)
Town / school land, no access rule stated (14-34, 14-14, 14-2)
Private + conservation easement, public access not allowed (14-1, 14-1-12, 14-1-13)
Private, no protection (Triple D 14-34-1, Manchester Sand & Gravel)
Manchester Water Works: no entry 8 PM–8 AM, dogs leashed
Tax-map lines, not survey (±10–30 m). Dashed = GRANIT conservation polygon.
Imagery overlays
Off by default — turn on in Layers: lidar hillshade (2022), NH aerials 2021–22 (6 in) and 2023 (NAIP), leaf-off 2010–11 (1 ft). LiDAR button = scout mode.
On your phone: tap the location button (bottom-left) and allow GPS — blue dot = you. Layers top-right; ☾ = dark mode, 🛰/⛰ = satellite ↔ topo. Nearest published (Moosewood) trail is ~0.67 mi from the Tree Forts.