Haystack Road NH Status

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Haystack Road Forecast

Stay ahead of your adventure plans with the only Open/Closed Forecast for Haystack Road (FR 304). This forecast predicts the road's accessibility, helping you to plan your hikes.

Opening date is usually around May 28th but has been as late as June 27th.
Based on 14 Opening reports between 2013 and 2026.
Closing date is usually around November 23rd but has been as early as November 1st.
Based on 9 Closing reports between 2017 and 2025.

See Summary of Open/Close Dates below for an historical overview of opening and closing dates.

Current Conditions

The latest road conditions for Haystack Road (FR 304). TrailsNH provides the most up-to-date information on the road's status anywhere, ensuring you are as well-informed as you can be.

Haystack Road reported OPEN on May 20th

Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 20th
Haystack Road is open 5/20 as of 11:30
Posted by: Scott B

See Haystack Road (FR 304) Log Book below for a deep dive into the Open/Close Dates.

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Haystack Road (44.2582,-71.5837)
Haystack Road (44.2582,-71.5837)

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Summary of Open/Close Dates

Here's a quick overview of the historical opening and closing dates for Haystack Road (FR 304) by week. This summary provides a glance by Week, at the patterns and variations when the road changes.

Haystack Road (FR 304) Log Book

Dive deeper into the Open/Close history of Haystack Road with the TrailsNH Log Book. This section, crowdsourced from the local hiking community, includes posts from when the road opened or closed, providing more insights for your planning.

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Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 20th
Haystack Road is open 5/20 as of 11:30
Posted by: Scott B
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 22nd 2025
Closed by local PD due to many vehicles off the road.
Posted by: Trout 2
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 27th 2025
WMNF #RoadsRoundup (updated 5/27/25)
Posted by: Kimball R
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED November 14th 2025
Was open on Wednesday 11/12 with folks parking at north twin trailhead lot. Road had some snow on it but wasnt too bad
Posted by: LC
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 26th 2024
Haystack Road will be CLOSING today Nov 26th. Snow today and more on Thursday.
Posted by: Kimball R
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 24th 2024
Opened as of 4 oclock
Posted by: Adam M
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED November 20th 2024
Visual confirmation today/Wednesday at 2PM that Haystack road was OPEN
Posted by: Adam M
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 20th 2023
Closed this afternoon 2023-11-20 ahead of snowstorm
Posted by: Adam M
Reference: Teal Goat
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED November 21st 2023
mentioned as gated in North Twin trip report on Facebook
Posted by: Kimball R
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN June 3rd 2023
Hiker reported on NECT the road is open on June 2nd
Posted by: Kimball R
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED December 6th 2022
Closed today 2022-12-6. Noted on way home
Posted by: Adam M
Reference: Teal Goat
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED May 11th 2023
Haystack Road confirmed closed via email from Thom Davis, May 11th
Posted by: Kimball R
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 15th 2022
Open 5/15 per WMNF Website Roads Report
Posted by: Kimball R
Reference: fs.usda.gov
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED May 18th 2022
Confirmed
Posted by: Declan R. K
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 29th 2021
Road gated today
Posted by: Elijah S
Reference: newenglandtrailconditions.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED November 30th 2021
WMNF #RoadsRoundup 11/30/2021
Posted by: Kimball R
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 18th 2021
Open 2021-05-18
Posted by: Tim L
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED December 3rd 2020
Posted by: Kimball R
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 21st 2020
Open today around midday
Posted by: Phoebe Seltzer
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 13th 2019
Haystack Road gate closed as of late this afternoon.
Posted by: rocket21
Reference: newenglandtrailconditions.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN June 26th 2019
Haystack Road was open this morning with one car parked outside the gate, with one parked at the North Twin Trailhead.
Posted by: Keith Enman
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED November 13th 2018
Closed 11/13/2018
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED June 23rd 2019
Haystack Road is still gated. They have a grader there. Looks like they had a gradeall go through last week and dig an entirely new drainage on the west side of Haystack Rd. It's still pretty wet. The area around tentsite 10/11 is very soft with sinkholes
Posted by: The Teal Goat
Reference: trailsnh.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED June 15th 2019
Haystack Rd still closed and gated noon Saturday 6/15.
Posted by: Jeffrey Carter
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN June 13th 2018
UPDATE: Haystack is now OPEN for the season!
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED May 3rd 2018
It's been closed all winter.
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED May 23rd 2018
Haystack Rd. to N Twin Trail still gated.
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: newenglandtrailconditions.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED May 10th 2018
Confirmed still closed by Ken M
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN November 13th 2017
Reopened on/around Nov 11th (After the Oct 31 Storm)
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CLOSED October 31st 2017
Closed due to storm damage on 10/30
Posted by: Kimball Rexford
Reference: facebook.com
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED November 3rd 2017
Updated 10/31/2017
Posted by: WMNF
Reference: fs.usda.gov
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 22nd 2017
Updated 05/22/2017
Posted by: WMNF
Reference: fs.usda.gov
Haystack Road (FR 304)
CONFIRMED July 25th 2017
Closed due to damge from July 1st, 2017 storms. Updated 07/25/2017
Posted by: WMNF
Reference: fs.usda.gov
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 31st 2016
Updated 05/31/2016
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 26th 2015
Updated 5/26/2015
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 30th 2014
Updated 5/30/2014
Haystack Road (FR 304)
OPEN May 6th 2013
updated 5/6/13

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