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Here’s a topic I was thinking about on a trip up Mt. Cube via the Kodak Trail. What is the origin of that trail’s name?
Most trails are named for a geographic feature of the trail. Ex:
Tuckerman Ravine Trail
Kinsman Ridge Trail
Franconia Brook Trail
A few in that class have an interesting twist:
Airline Trail (above tree line for much of its length)
The Valley Way (below tree line, of course!)
The Twinway
Martha’s Mile
The Subway (through the big rocks in the bottom of King Ravine)
Diagonal Trail (on Randolph Hill)
Pasture Path (also on Randolph Hill, it once passed through a pasture, but now it’s woods)
Others are named after the trail’s builder(s):
Edmands Path
Crawford Path
Lowe’s Path
Frost Trail (To Galehead, after Jack & Ruth Frost)
Semuhenna Trail (On Mt. Wachusett, in Central Mass. Here’s a kicker, It’s named for Anne Humes, spelled backwards!)
How about:
Chemin des Dames (after a road in France, made famous in World War I)
Fishin’ Jimmy Trail (for a character in a short story, or was he a historical figure?)
Six Husband’s Trail (named for six braves supposedly betrothed to Weetamoo, an Indian princess)
Wamsutta Trail (named for one of the six husbands)
Centennial Trail (On Mt. Hayes, cleared by the AMC in 1976, when the AMC was celebrating its centennial)
Bicentennial Trail (Also on Mt. Wachusett, also cleared in 1976, but named for the Nation’s bicentennial)
A to Z Trail (from the Ammonoosuc River to the Zealand River)
Lend-a-hand Trail (On Mt. Hale, after Rev. Hale’s charitable organization)
Does anyone know the story about:
Black Angel Trail (Carter Dome)
Rainbow Trail (also on Carter Dome)
Snapper Trail (Mt. Moosalauke)
Laughing Lion Trail (Evans Notch)
Kodak Trail (which brings me full circle)
My list is mostly in the White Mountains. Does anyone have other interesting trail names?
Most trails are named for a geographic feature of the trail. Ex:
Tuckerman Ravine Trail
Kinsman Ridge Trail
Franconia Brook Trail
A few in that class have an interesting twist:
Airline Trail (above tree line for much of its length)
The Valley Way (below tree line, of course!)
The Twinway
Martha’s Mile
The Subway (through the big rocks in the bottom of King Ravine)
Diagonal Trail (on Randolph Hill)
Pasture Path (also on Randolph Hill, it once passed through a pasture, but now it’s woods)
Others are named after the trail’s builder(s):
Edmands Path
Crawford Path
Lowe’s Path
Frost Trail (To Galehead, after Jack & Ruth Frost)
Semuhenna Trail (On Mt. Wachusett, in Central Mass. Here’s a kicker, It’s named for Anne Humes, spelled backwards!)
How about:
Chemin des Dames (after a road in France, made famous in World War I)
Fishin’ Jimmy Trail (for a character in a short story, or was he a historical figure?)
Six Husband’s Trail (named for six braves supposedly betrothed to Weetamoo, an Indian princess)
Wamsutta Trail (named for one of the six husbands)
Centennial Trail (On Mt. Hayes, cleared by the AMC in 1976, when the AMC was celebrating its centennial)
Bicentennial Trail (Also on Mt. Wachusett, also cleared in 1976, but named for the Nation’s bicentennial)
A to Z Trail (from the Ammonoosuc River to the Zealand River)
Lend-a-hand Trail (On Mt. Hale, after Rev. Hale’s charitable organization)
Does anyone know the story about:
Black Angel Trail (Carter Dome)
Rainbow Trail (also on Carter Dome)
Snapper Trail (Mt. Moosalauke)
Laughing Lion Trail (Evans Notch)
Kodak Trail (which brings me full circle)
My list is mostly in the White Mountains. Does anyone have other interesting trail names?