Progress & Plans

Progress on Creating a 4-Season Trail:

Friends of the Northern Rail Trail in Merrimack County started in 2004

FNRT-MC incorporated and obtained 501(C)3 non-profit status in 2005



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Received $20,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2005 from state of New Hampshire Trails Bureau.  Used this to re-surface most of the 1.7 miles in Andover from Potter Place to Blackwater Park.  Torrential rains forced postponement of part of this effort until May, 2006.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2006.  This will be used to re-surface 2.5 miles from Blackwater Park to Switch Road in East Andover.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2006.  It enabled
re-surfacing 2 miles from Blackwater Park to Switch Road in East Andover.

Received $30,000 Recreational Trails Program grant in 2007.  Used this to
re-surface another 2 miles from Switch Road to Highland Lake in East Andover.