Crawford Path

The Crawford Path is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) hiking trail in the White Mountains of New Hampshire that is considered to be the United States' oldest continuously maintained hiking trail.

[1] It travels from Crawford Notch to the summit of Mount Washington (Agiocochook).

The trail ascends a cumulative 4,900 feet (1,500 m), first through densely wooded forest for about 3.1 miles (5.0 km), then following the exposed southern ridge of the Presidential Range mostly above the treeline.

Using short loop trails, either off of or paralleling Crawford Path, the summits of Mt.

The Crawford Path is part of the Appalachian Trail from their junction north of Mt.