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The Cart Path and Mossy Brook Trail together circle around the W side of Monte Rosa starting from the Old Toll Road below the site of the old Halfway House hotel, either providing a loop over Monte Rosa or a connector to the Marlboro Trail. While the Cart Path is relatively wide with a gentle gradient, the Mossy Brook Trail is narrow with a moderate grade and sometimes hard to find.
Distance: From Old Toll Road to Marian Trail, about .8 miles one-way
Elevation gain: From Old Toll Road to Marian Trail, about 300 feet northbound, about 100 feet southbound
Maps:
Free park trail map with payment of park fee
(online version)
USGS Monadnock Mtn 1:25,000 (there is also a Monadnock Mtn 1:24,000 which does not show this area)
AMC Monadnock Mtn
Location: Monadnock Region
NH 2003-2004 map P-4
DeLorme NHA&G 20-F1 - Jaffrey
The trail is located on the S side of Monadnock, which is E of Keene
Lower End: Old Toll Road about 1.1 miles from NH Route 124, elevation about 1950 feet
Far End: Junction of Marion and Great Pasture Trails, elevation about 2150 feet
Owner: state and others
Maintainer: Monadnock State Park, 603-532-8862
Special regulations: State park, no pets and no fires or camping along trails
Cart Path
The Cart Path leaves the Old Toll Road on the L about .1 miles before the gravel ends; this is about opposite the private residence on the R and between a culvert and a utility pole. The trail sign is not at roadside but back in the woods by the trail. From the junction, the Cart Path descends gradually on a wide path, soon crossing the Old Halfway House Trail and the Royce Trail. It then levels off and crosses 2 small brooks before suddenly turning uphill and ending at the Mossy Brook Trail after about half a mile.
The trail that once went straight ahead was discontinued many years ago, so there is no longer a trail junction here - signs show where the Cart Track ends and the Mossy Brook Trail begins.
Mossy Brook Trail
The Mossy Brook Trail angles uphill toward the brook ahead, and then runs up alongside. The footway is much rougher and narrower than the Cart Track and there are no obvious blazes. The trail finally crosses Mossy Brook and ends at the junction of the Marian Trail and Great Pasture Trail. Go L for the Marlboro Trail and R for Monte Rosa.
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Map Notes: The USGS 7.5' map does not show these trails. Use the park map or AMC map.
Park trail map (online version)
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