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Topographic map of Applachia
A booklet on the history of Randolph suggests that this rural train stop was created primarily for the hikers and cross-country skiers that once used the train to reach the several hiking trails that still begin at this point.
The Randolph Mountain Club Web Site has pictures of the valley and the surrounding mountains in its photo gallery. Note that many of the hiking trails that begin in the Randolph Valley are maintained by the Randolph Mountain Club. The club also maintains cabins and shelters high in the mountains immediately south of the Rail-trail. Additional hiking trails leave from Durand Road (parallels the Rail-trail, a short distance north of Route 2), to climb Randolph Hill.
The moderately
sized Appalachia Parking Lot between the highway and the rail-trail
provides parking for the several hiking trails
that start from both ends of the Appalachia Parking Lot. Complete
information about these hiking trails is provided in the AMC
White Mountain Guide published by the Appalachian Mountain Club.
The Fallsway and Brookbank
Trails form a 1.5 mile nature trail that starts at the east end
of the Appalachia Parking Lot and crosses the Rail-trail
immediately thereafter. Information about this nature trail is
provided in the book Nature Walks in the White
Mountains by Robert N. Buchsbaum,
published as a Nature Walks Book by the Appalachian Mountain Club.
No other trail facilities are available at this location.
The wooden railroad bridge over Snyder Brook. Digital photograph by Kenyon F. Karl on May 1, 1999.
Sign images are from the Manual of Traffic Signs by Richard C. Moeur.
Updated on February 28, 2001 by Kenyon F.
Karl <[email protected]>.
Unintentional errors are likely!
