Harmon Notch

It's time to try out the newly extended rail trail in Fryeburg and have a really pretty ride through a notch that most of us have never heard of.  Harmon Notch is located between Peary Mountain and Frost Mountain. The best part is that it’s only a 175’ elevation gain.

The starting point for this ride is at The Maine Information Center on route 302 in Fryeburg. We’ll head east on the rail trail to Porter Road and then ride south  to Farnsworth.  Soon after we’ll hop onto a jeep track that crosses the Little Saco and then head to Haleytown Road.

At Hampshire Road we’ll go left and head in the direction of a dirt road called Peary Mountain Road which morphs into Harmon Notch Road. After the last house this road gets narrower and towards the notch area there is about a mile of jeep track that could benefit from better drainage, fewer rocks and some smoothing out. Don’t let this “spook” you it’s no harder than other rides we’ve done and you can always dab and walk. After going through the notch the trail heads downward to a different section of Farnsworth Road and then we will head west. Then we’ll head north on Porter Road  and take a right onto Clay Pond Road toward the airport and just beyond we'll connect to the new section of the Mountain Division Rail Trail in Fryeburg and head back to our starting point.  In all we'll cover about 18 miles and get a really good workout.

Carpooling – Meet at the scenic overlook in North Conway at 9:30am. We’ll start the ride at 10am from the Maine info center. Don’t forget to bring a lunch.

Please let me know if you expect to do this ride.  Several of our regulars are away and it could be cancelled due to lack of participation.