LOCATION #3 Langley Parkway Extension - Concord, NH

This trail runs along the edge of what looks to be a great trail system, however most trails would be impassible for the chair.

One thing of personal interest is the Drumlin Field.  This is a geologic formation created by glaciers.
They are typically in the shape of half an egg sticking out of the ground.  The high blunt section points in the direction from which the glacier came, the long trailing end points in the direction of travel of the glacier.  Here's a link to an excellent article on these formations that still puzzle geologists after 100 years of study.

https://gizmodo.com/drumlins-are-the-easy-to-identify-mysterious-to-unders-1692890209

Trail map from the City of Concord 

I parked on the side of the road by the gate at the end of Langley Parkway behind Concord Hospital.
It was a beautiful afternoon and there were many people out walking the trails.

Gate at Langley Parkway

The trail just inside the gate

The trail itself looks flat and smooth, but it is far from this.  Many areas on this section of the trail have what could be called a cobblestone surface, with rocks set into the surface.  If you're paying attention to the trail, you can maneuver around these areas.
Electric and manual chairs will pass this area with ease, as would a rollator.

Junction with the water tower access road

You come to a trail junction with the access road to a water tower.  Stay to the right.  If you go left, you begin to climb to the tower.  Of course I had to try... and while I did finally make it up, it was very difficult as many sections of this road are steep with loose sand and gravel that my chair does not do well in at all.

The road continues from the trail junction up to the water tower

An upper section of the water tower access road

As you can see from the above images, the trail is not all that steep, but combined with a loose surface, it was very tough going.

Lower section of the water tower access road

If you stay to the right at the junction, you will continue on a nice flat surface all the way to Auburn Street.  There are no nice views from the water tower.  Its a huge cement structure surrounded by a chain-link fence.  I was not able to drive around the tank; the far end is a steeply sloped surface with high exposed roots.  The near end has a grass area around it, but a drainage feature from the tank to the woods crosses this.  There was one section that looked passable, but I didn't want to chance it.