Region
Highlights
- A scenic, rocky summit with expansive summit views of Lake Winnipesaukee.
- Extremely popular summit accessible by multiple trails including the Mount Major Trail, the Brook Trail, and the Boulder Loop.
Routes
44 summits • 3.1 mi • 1,097 ft gain • 2 hr 50 min • Class 1
29 summits • 4.0 mi • 1,083 ft gain • 3 hr 46 min • Class 1
13 summits • 7.4 mi • 1,547 ft gain • 3 hr 39 min
1 summit • 1.8 mi • 453 ft gain • 2 hr 1 min
1 summit • 25.7 mi • 4,370 ft gain • 9 hr 21 min
1 summit • 5.4 mi • 1,321 ft gain • 3 hr 41 min
Latest summits
"Hiked the Brook and Main Trail Loop on this windy, fall day to see the color-changing leaves. The parking lot was full at 10:30am, so we had to park along the main road about a quarter mile away. Easy to moderate hike with a few rock scrambles on the way up and down. Great views of Lake Winnipesaukee at the wide open summit many rock ledges to sit at. Good hike for dogs, about 3.75 miles in 2.5 hours. " — gregoryskiba • Oct 8, 2023
"Crisp, cool but sunny day in the Belknaps. Not sure we saw 30 deg. Sparse crowd as we hiked the Quarries and Straightbacks. But a lot of people on Major. Snow cover everywhere though." — Alohabuffy • Nov 19, 2022
"Boulder trail up (yellow), missed the blue trail merge towards straight back mt, stayed on red trail loop(Jesus valley) to head back to lot, missed red merge and again ended up on snowmobile trail and out to 11, 1 mile walk on road to lot. It’s November so not sure if markers were hidden and trail merges were disguised but never saw either and road hikes are disappointing " — fbones • Nov 2, 2022
"Waited for the rain to stop. Had some redlining in Jesus Valley to do. Sun came out at first, but by the time we worked around to Mt Major, it started to rain. Got moderate rain all the way down Boulder Trail." — Alohabuffy • Oct 31, 2021
"Went up Blueberry Pasture trail. It lived up to it's billing. Tons of ripe blueberries line the upper trail near the Mt Straightback summit. Delicious! Watched a rather large red tailed hawk on the Brook trail. It was hopping around a blowdown, looked like it was hunting up some lunch." — Alohabuffy • Jul 10, 2021
"Beautiful day for a hike, temps in the 50s, sunshine and a breeze to keep the bugs off, Really enjoyed a big loop including both Quarry Mts, both Straightback Mts and Mt Major." — Alohabuffy • May 31, 2020
"On July 2nd, a group of us hiked to the top of Mount Major in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. Hiking group included: my brothers Sean Crotty, Brendan Crotty, my two nephews and friends Marc Zdunczyk & Jeff Zdunczyk.
We had done this hike once before in 2006. And both times we were blessed with amazing views of Lake Winnipesaukee from the summit.
We hiked the orange trail up and back for a total combined distance of 3.2 miles and an elevation gain of 1,148 feet. It took us 1 hour 52 minutes going up and 1 hour 15 minutes coming down. We hiked very slowly enjoying the scenery and taking frequent breaks
This is a great hike for all athletic abilities. My 8 year old nephew breezed up this without breaking a sweat.
I made a fun little video of the hike here: https://youtu.be/sNJ3OA9RGc8
Let me know what you think!
Liam" — liam • Jul 2, 2019
"Gray and drizzly start to the day but rain held off. Hit the trail at 7a;45 a.m. and almost no-one on the Boulder Trail. Cool breeze felt good in the high humidity. COuldn't see far up into the White mountains from the summit, but vies of the lake were very pretty." — rjnick • May 27, 2018
"Did the Belknap Range Traverse (alternate route) to hit 10 peaks and complete my Hike366 project. A really fun route! Left a car at the end of the hike and took an Uber to the starting trailhead. What an adventure." — beaucheminjess • May 10, 2018
"Great day out in the Eastern Belknap Range. Loop hike starting from the Mt Major trailhead and hitting the following peaks: Mt Major, Straightback Mountain South Peak, Mount Anna, Mount Mack, Mount Klem, Mount Rand, West Quarry Mountain, East Quarry Mountain, Straightback Mountain North Peak." — kpreston21 • Apr 28, 2018