Puzzle Mountain

Puzzle Mountain is absolutely gorgeous. With its expansive views toward Evans Notch, the Presidential Range, and the Mahoosuc Range, adorned with beautiful schist bedrock in the foreground, it is truly a special place. It is accessed by the Grafton Loop Trail from the parking lot on Route 26. There is a side trail, the Woodsum Spur, that makes for a nice loop trail.

  • The Grafton Loop Trail trailhead. May, 2012
  • Schist bedrock. Same picture as the succeeding color picture. October 2017
  • Schist bedrock. Same picture as the preceeding black and white picture. October 2017
  • The Grafton Loop Trail. October, 2012
  • View from the Woodsum Spur near the summit of Puzzle Mountain. September, 2018
  • The Presidentials and the Mahoosucs from the Grafton Loop Trail. May, 2012
  • View West over the Schist bedrock from the Grafton Loop Trail. October, 2017
  • The lower summit cairn (Grafton Loop Trail does not pass over the true summit). September, 2018
  • Painted Trillium on the Grafton Loop Trail. May 2012
  • View from the Grafton Loop Trail. October, 2017
  • View from the Woodsum Spur. October, 2012
  • View of Old Speck and Baldpate Mountain from the lower viewpoint on the Grafton Loop Trail. May, 2006
  • Old Speck and Baldpate Mountain from the Grafton Loop Trail. May, 2012
  • The Grafton Loop Trail. May, 2012
  • Puzzle Mountain from Sunday River Whitecap. October, 2018
  • Purple Trillium (aka Stinking Benjamin) on the Grafton Loop Trail. May, 2006
  • Lower Grafton Loop Trail – Woodsum Spur Trail junction. September, 2018
  • Puzzle Mountain from Route 26. October, 2018 (upper) and January 2019 (lower)
  • Puzzle Mountain from Route 26. October, 2018
  • View of Old Speck and Baldpate Mountain from the lower viewpoint on the Grafton Loop Trail. October, 2017
  • Lower summit panorama, looking West (Mount Washington in the center). May, 2006
  • Mount Washington, Old Speck, and Baldpate from the Grafton Loop Trail. October, 2017