Getting Here
Getting here is easy!
I-93 through Franconia Notch State Park
Main Base Area
2650 Profile Rd,
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34C
Aerial Tramway
Franconia Notch State Park
103 Tramway Drive
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34B
Park Headquarters
260 Tramway Drive
Franconia, NH 03580
I-93 to Exit 34B
Exit 34A: The Flume Gorge, Flume Gift Shop, Recreation Path south end
Exit 34B: Cannon Mountain Tramway, Tramway Gift Shop, Old Man of the Mountain Memorial Plaza & Gift Shop, New England Ski Museum
Exit 34C: Echo Lake Beach, Lakeside General Store, Artist Bluff hiking trail, Governor Gallen Memorial Bridge, access to the north end of the Recreation Path (begins at Skookumchuck Trailhead off exit 35)
Additional Exits: The Basin, Boise Rock and Lafayette Place Campground are between exits 34A and 34B.
DRIVE TIMES:
Concord: 1 hour
Nashua: 1 3/4 hours
Boston: 2 1/2 hours
Hartford: less than 3 hours
Providence: 3 1/2 hours
Montreal: less than 3 hours
Parking in Franconia Notch
Parking is permitted in designated lots only. Do not park along I93.
Parking is free in Franconia Notch. There is ample parking at the Flume Gorge, Aerial Tramway and Echo Lake. Please note, these lots are reserved for guest visiting those attractions.
Trail heads have designated parking lots, but space is limited. There is overflow parking available off of Exit 34C at the main base area of Cannon Mountain. There is a Hiker Shuttle from overflow lots that runs on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. For more information about the Hiker Shuttle & hiking in Franconia Notch please see our Hiking Page.