Any class 6 roads near Wolfeboro?

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Originally Posted by BroadHopper

You will find a number of Class VI roads on the GPS or on the detail NH Gazetteer. All roads reported to NAVTEC / Army Corps of Engineers are listed. The DOD and Home Security uses this info for emergencies.

The trouble is local road agents who change the roads to non road use and change ownership to the abutting land owners don't do a good job of reporting the changes to NAVTEC / ACE. These roads remain on the databases.

I ran into this problem when Belmont 'decommissioned' Durrell Mountain Road / Hoadley Road and change ownership to the abutting land owner. NAVTEC / ACE was not notified and even after the last update remains a 'passable Class VI' road. This road for years in the past was a popular offroad sight.

Belmont Boggie Busters took over Durrell Mountain Road and put up metal gates to deter off roaders. Hoadley Road was blocked by large boulders by the landowner to deter off roaders. Off roaders will circumvent the road blocks and use the roads nevertheless. The biggest problem was the town of Belmont never notify NAVTEC / ACE. I was told by a retired road engineer if there was an emergency and the roads are blocked the town / landowner could face heavy fines from the feds.

My family owns many acres of undeveloped land. The family look at the NAVTEC maps and notify ACE whenever we feel a road is impassable for emergency purposes and should be taken off the map. Within a few months that passage is gone and so have the off roaders.

Reminds me of the night in the middle of the winter. I set my GPS for the shortest route to Abenaki Ski Area for a hockey match. Somewhere in Tuftonboro on a road off 109, the GPS lead me to a snowmobile trail into the woods! Lucky I had the Jeep!

Exactly, my family owns one of these roads, about a mile long, which is basically our driveway now (dead end). Rather than assuming it is yours to use, it is a good idea to research your intent before finding irate land owners chasing you back down the road