Mt Washington Auto Road

Located just 25 minutes north of North Conway on scenic NH Route 16, the Mt. Washington Auto Road's unique location in Pinkham Notch provides spectacular views up to the Great Gulf Wilderness and the Presidential Mountain Range. Get directions.

The Mount Washington Auto Road — originally the Mount Washington Carriage Road[1] — is a 7.6 mi (12.2 km) toll road that extends from New Hampshire Route 16 in Green's Grant, just north of Pinkham Notch, westward across Pinkham's Grant and Thompson and Meserve's Purchase to the summit of Mount Washington in the White Mountains of the US state of New Hampshire. The road climbs 4,618 ft (1,408 m) from an altitude of 1,527 ft (465 m) at the bottom to 6,145 ft (1,873 m) at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%. The road was completed and opened to the public in 1861. Tthe Mt. Washington Auto Road is America's oldest manmade attraction.