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The Red Hill Trail is the popular heavily-used woods road to the summit of Red Hill where there are views from the fire tower. The Lakes Region Conservation Trust has acquired several parcels in the area and built a trailhead kiosk.
Distance: About 1.7 miles one-way
Elevation gain: About 1400 feet, nominal on return
Maps:
USGS Center Harbor, Center Sandwich
LRCT trail map posted at Red Hill Trail kiosk and available from LRCT
Location: Lakes Region
NH 2004-2005 map J-7
DeLorme NHA&G 40-H/I2 - Moultonborough
Moultonborough is on NH Route 25 between Meredith and Ossipee
Trailhead: Split level parking lot on Red Hill Road about .1 miles N of Sibley Road, elevation about 670 feet
43.7393°N, 71.4633°W (WGS84)
From I-93 Exit 23, take NH Route 104 E about 8 miles until it ends at Meredith. Turn L on US Route 3 and go .8 miles to a traffic light just beyond the public docks. Turn R on NH Route 25 and go 4.9 miles to Center Harbor. Turn L on Bean Road (NH Route 25-B is the first light, Bean Road is the 2nd light just beyond) and go 1.4 miles to Sibley Road on R. Follow Sibley Road (which narrows and turns to gravel) all the way to its end at Red Hill Road (about 1.1 miles), go L .1 miles to trailhead on R.
Note that Red Hill Road is not officially maintained N of the parking lot, so travel this direction with caution
Far End: Summit of Red Hill, elevation about 2030 feet
Owner: private and state
Maintainer: unknown
Special regulations: unknown
The Red Hill Trail leaves the upper parking lot on a gated road, and soon leaves the road R uphill. It ascends a narrow gully, crosses a brook on a bridge, and joins a snowmobile trail which enters R. At .3 miles it reaches a woods road junction with signboard.
The trail follows a road ahead past a gate, which angles up to the L for awhile before gaining a ridge and wandering in woods which have both been damaged by an ice storm and burned over. The tower is not visible until you are nearly there. The last part of the trail circles to the L, then the Eagle Cliff Trail enters L. The combined trail zags R a short distance to the warden's cabin and the fire tower. There are some small blueberry patches at the summit, and grassy areas for a picnic. You can climb to a platform on the fire tower for views, and if the observer isn't busy, they may invite you into the cab and explain how to detect fires. This tower is operated by the town of Moultonborough rather than the state.
Parts of this trail are used by snowmobiles
Map Notes: NA
Red Hill fire tower
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