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NH 112 runs about 34 miles between Lincoln and Conway with no gas, no lodging, and no billboards, which is the point. It climbs to a height of land at 2,855 feet on Kancamagus Pass, then drops east along the Swift River. The stops are roadside: Sabbaday Falls, a short walk on graded gravel to a cascade stepped through a flume; Rocky Gorge, where the Swift squeezes through granite under a footbridge; and Lower Falls, the swimming ledges people use in July. Overlooks near the pass open onto the Pemigewasset Wilderness with nothing built in sight. At the west end, Lincoln Woods sends a suspension bridge over the Pemi onto a flat old railroad grade. Color peaks the first two weeks of October and the lots fill by mid morning, so start before 9. The road is plowed all winter; trailhead parking needs a Forest Service pass, and the Sabbaday path is a warm season walk.
Others worth the drive in New Hampshire.
