Coot Trail

To Mount Magalloway · New Hampshire

Coot Trail is a trail in New Hampshire's North Country, climbing about 800 ft from Tower Road Parking Lot to Mount Magalloway.

Map length

0.7 mi

Climb from the low end

788 ft

Book time up / down (from map miles)

45 min / 22 min

High point

3,373 ft

Above treeline

None

Steepest ¼ mile

1,542 ft/mi

Stream crossings

0

Low point

2,578 ft

Measured on the map. The AMC guide and Forest Service figures usually run 5 to 15% longer. The mapped trail stops just short of the summit of Mount Magalloway; these figures end there.

Coot Trail

Elevation profile Steep (25%+)
2,000'2,750'3,500'0 mi0.7 mi

Mile by mile (map miles)

From Tower Road Parking Lot (the lower end) to Mount Magalloway.

  1. 0.0Tower Road Parking Lot
  2. 0.5Junction with Bobcat Trail
  3. 0.7Mount Magalloway

Distances and book times (map miles)

  1. To Bobcat Trail junction

    0.55 mi (total 0.55) · ↑686 ↓0 ft · 37 min / 17 min

  2. To Mount Magalloway

    0.17 mi (total 0.72) · ↑93 ↓0 ft · 8 min / 5 min

↑ walking from Tower Road Parking Lot; ↓ the other way. Book time: 2 mph over the map miles plus 30 minutes per 1,000 ft of climbing.

Trailheads and parking

Summit conditions

Mount MagallowaymoderateOct 9, 8:20 PM
Today's conditions report

Recent trip reports

No reports on this trail in the last 30 days; the latest are below. From hikers on New England Trail Conditions.

Connecting trails

Bobcat Trail

What to bring

From the summit forecast, Sat to Mon

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Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP. Distances are measured from the map and can differ from signs and guidebooks. Conditions change: check before you go.