Cathedral Ledge Trail is a moderately challenging hike in Echo Lake State Park. The trail starts from the shore of Echo Lake, a 15.7-acre lake where visitors can swim, fish, or picnic. The trail then ascends to the top of Cathedral Ledge, a 700-foot rock formation that offers panoramic views of the Saco River Valley and the White Mountains. Cathedral Ledge is also a popular destination for rock and ice climbers. The trail is 2.9 miles long and takes about 1.5 hours to complete.

Echo Lake State Park has a beach and picnic area. Several hiking trails originate in the park including a scenic trail around the lake and others that lead to Cathedral Ledge State Park where views of the Saco River Valley are spectacular.

Echo Lake State Park is nestled in the shadow of White Horse Ledge on the outskirts of North Conway. At the lake are a bathhouse, swimming, and picnic tables. A mile-long auto road leads to the top of the nearby 700-foot Cathedral Ledge. Both White Horse Ledge and Cathedral Ledge have gradual slopes up their western flanks, with sheer drops of bare rock, scraped clean by former glaciers, to the east.

The park is open on weekends starting Memorial Day and daily from late June to Labor Day. Park hours are 9:00 am to 6:00 pm with gates closing at 8:00 pm. No camping is allowed at Echo Lake State Park but camping is available at two other state parks in the area.

In 1899 twenty-two visitors and residents from Center Conway to Jackson raised $1000 and bought the land Cathedral Ledge is on. A year later the same was done for White Horse Ledge. The property was then deeded to the state. In 1943 commercial development was planned for the lake. The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests joined with the state to raise funds to buy the property, thus protecting it. Today Cathedral, White Horse, and Echo Lake lie within the boundaries and jurisdiction of Echo Lake State Park.

The AllTrails website has a description and map of a hike on the Cathedral Ledge Trail from Echo Lake.