The Cohos Trail is the work of a small association -- The Cohos Trail Association (TCTA). Most of its volunteers, officers and board members hail from Coos County, NH (in the far north). It is being built by volunteers near and far, by students in the North Country Trailmaster program, by high school students, eagle scouts, Americorps workers, several highly skilled cutters from the woods industry, elderly citizens, even children.

Look through this web site thoroughly. It will inform you about great sections of the trail, about day hikes, and about how to get there. It will inform you where you may camp, how to keep from getting lost, what lodging is available and where, and even where to obtain shuttle service. It will show you about how you might join the TCTA, how you can help and volunteer, where you can purchase maps, guidebooks and other products, and how you can support this vast effort in other ways.

Remember, The Cohos Trail is a wild trail in a million acres of mountains and forests. It's for those who really, really want to get away from it all. It's a trail where you can test yourself, and a trail where you can find real solace, the sort of peace you might have experienced had you arrived here 1,000 years ago.

I want to welcome you to my favorite place in the whole world. The Great North Woods, called Coos County. Hope you enjoy this place we call home as much as we do. If you make it up to Pittsburg, feel free to stop in and say hi. Lainie and I are usually home unless we are on the trail, canoeing or fishing. You can pitch a tent in our campground or stay in our guest room. Leave your world behind and enjoy the peace and solitude of the trail and stop and chat with a moose.