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template: byway.jade
id: "2256"
name: White Mountain Trail
distance: "100"
duration: 2.5 hours to drive this byway.
description: "The White Mountain Trail offers New England's most rugged mountain scenery as it travels easily through three historic \"notches\" or mountain passes. Views abound of villages and unspoiled National Forest.  Stops include views of Mount Washington and the grand Mount Washington Hotel, mountain cascades, wildlife, and the Appalachian Trail."
contact: "**White Mountains Visitor Center**  \r\n 1-800-346-3687 or 603-745-8720  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/appa/"
    name: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=53570"
    name: Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.twinmountain.com/"
    name: "Twin Mountain: A White Mountains Community"
  - url: "http://www.visitnh.gov/"
    name: "Visit New Hampshire!"
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/white/"
    name: White Mountain National Forest
  - url: "http://www.outdoors.org/lodging/lodges/highland/index.cfm"
    name: White Mountains New Hampshire Highland Center
  - url: "http://www.visitwhitemountains.com/things-to-do/scenic-byway.aspx"
    name: The White Mountains Scenic Byway Tour
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - New Hampshire State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NH
ll: 
  - -71.28221100023745
  - 44.078128999653586
bounds: 
  - - -71.69196300039215
    - 43.97886999985059
  - - -71.10973400002405
    - 44.27156799976336

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The White Mountain Trail offers New England's most rugged mountain scenery as it travels easily through three historic "notches" or mountain passes. Views abound of villages and unspoiled National Forest.  Stops include views of Mount Washington and the grand Mount Washington Hotel, mountain cascades, wildlife, and the Appalachian Trail.