If the group of you want to get together every season and voluntarily split the road costs out of friendship and goodwill, you don't need a lawyer.
But, to form an association that has any sort of sticking power beyond the goodwill of the current owners, you really want it recorded in the county deed registry. That's very, very likely going to take a real estate lawyer.
Since lawyers generally charge you by the hour, any work your group can do up front will save you cash. Write the purpose and responsibilities of the association in plain English. Try to cover the obvious situations, what happens if someone sells their property, what happens if someone doesn't pay, what happens if someone gets hurt on the road and sues the association, what happens if major damage occurs and the association needs extra money, what if a bunch of you want to pave the road. Let the lawyer clean it up and think of all the situations you didn't think of.
But first, I would research all the properties at the deed registry (some counties are available online at nhdeeds.com). You may find an existing association, or find out someone is already responsible to keep the road up or that someone owns the road. Obviously, the lawyer will check this out as well, but who knows what you might find.
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