NHR-March-2014-Itin
Current Itinerary
BACKGROUND:
Average Road Mileage: ~10 miles/day. The average walker can achieve up to 20 miles per day but that's not accounting for extremely cold temperatures, snow/sleet, unplowed roads and overall physical fitness. Based on these additional impacts, we feel an average of 10 miles a day is more realistic.
Shuttling: Based on the amount of time we have, there is simply no way we will be able to walk every step of the 200+ miles. Because of this there will be certain parts of the journey assisted by the follow vehicle to make sure we stay on schedule and make our mileage each day.
Days in which 8+ hours are required to reach our end point will be supplemented with shuttling support from the follow vehicle(s).
Average Daily Light: ~9 light hours/day Average NH Sunrise in January: 7:15 AM Average NH Sunset in January: 4:20 PM
Accounting for the usual "getting up and going" time and making sure everyone is getting enough sleep, we're looking to be maximize 8 hours of walking per day (and shuttling as well).
Kickoff Event: Potentially at Dartmouth on Jan 10th. The goal would be to get up to Stewartstown on the night of the 10th so as to get a good start on the morning of the 11th. We'll need a place to stay in Stewartstown as well as all the other towns listed below where we end our daily walks.
DAY 1
- Date: Jan 11
- Start: Stewartstown
- End: Colebrook
- Route: South on Rte 3
- Daily Mileage: 9.6 miles
- Est. Time: 4 hours
DAY 2:
- Date: Jan 12
- Start: Colebrook
- End: Dixville Notch
- Route: East on Rte. 26
- Daily Mileage: 10.5 miles
- Est Time: 4.5 hours
DAY 3:
- Date: Jan 13
- Start: Dixville Notch
- End: Berlin
- Route: Rtes. 26 S and 16 S.
- Daily Mileage: 36 miles
- Est Time: 12 hours
DAY 4:
- Date: Jan 14
- Start: Berlin
- End: Conway/N.Conway
- Route: Rte 16 S
- Daily Mileage: 34 miles
- Est Time: 12 hours
DAY 5:
- Date: Jan 15
- Start: Conway/N.Conway
- End: Tamworth
- Route: 302 and 113
- Daily Mileage: 19.2 miles
- Est Time: 7 hours
DAY 6:
- Date: Jan 16
- Start: Tamworth
- End: Meredith
- Route: 25 W
- Daily Mileage: 22 miles
- Est Time: 7.5 hours
DAY 7:
- Date: Jan 17
- Start: Meredith
- End: Laconia
- Route: Rte. 106 S
- Daily Mileage: 10 miles
- Est Time: 3.5 hours
DAY 8:
- Date: Jan 18
- Start: Laconia
- End: Canterbury
- Route: Rte 106 S (and some backroads)
- Daily Mileage: 16.5 miles
- Est Time: 7 hours
DAY 9:
- Date: Jan 19
- Start: Canterbury
- End: Concord
- Route: Rtes 132 S and 3 S
- Daily Mileage: 10.5 miles
- Est Time: 4.5 hours
DAY 10:
- Date: Jan 20
- Start: Concord
- Stop: Hookset
- Route: Rte 3A S
- Mileage: 9 miles
- Est Time: 3.5 hours
- <BREAK FOR HOT DRINKS>
- Start: Hookset
- End: Manchester
- Route: 28 S
- Mileage: 8 miles
- Est Time: 3 hours
- Total Daily Mileage: 17 miles
- Total Walk TIme: 6.5 hours
DAY 11:
- Date: Jan 21
- Start: Manchester
- End: Merrimack
- Route: 3 S
- Daily Mileage: 10.5 miles
- Est Time: 4 hours
DAY 12: FINAL DAY
- Date: Jan 22
- Start: Merrimack
- End: Nashua
- Route: 3 S
- Daily Mileage: 8 miles
- Est Time: 3.5 hours