Difficulty: Very strenuous. The trail is 5.2 miles, one-way, and has an elevation gain 4,188 feet. The trail is extremely steep while traveling along Hunt Spur, a narrow, rocky ridge on the west side of the mountain. Many sections on the spur require hand-over-foot climbing. A few metal rungs embedded in rocks help hikers navigate […]
Difficulty: Strenuous. The hike is about 8 miles round trip and includes a few steep, tricky areas near the top where you have to climb hand-over-foot around and over boulders. However most of the hike is gradual climbing because the trail switchbacks up the mountain. How to get there: Travel on I-95 to Exit 244, […]
Difficulty: Moderate. The 3.3-mile loop hike of Trout Brook Mountain includes long stretches of gradual but constant climbing, as well as a few particularly rocky sections where footing is tricky. How to get there: Take Interstate 95 Exit 264, then head north on Route 11 toward the town of Patten. Drive 9.3 miles, then take […]
We had all sorts of ideas of what we’d do for our family’s 20th anniversary camping and hiking in Baxter State Park. We planned to make special T-shirts and cook special meals. But life got busy — as it tends to do — and most of those things fell through. Nevertheless, the annual Baxter trip […]
Difficulty: Moderate. The 6.2-mile hike has a long “warm up” section, where you follow a trail around Kidney Pond and through a mossy forest to Sentinel Mountain. The trail then becomes steep as it climbs the mountain to form a loop near the top. Expect the trail to be very rocky and uneven but well-maintained […]
Difficulty: Very strenuous. The 3.4-mile trail is steep and extremely rocky. Sections of the trail require hand-over-foot climbing over boulders. The trail leads to the Hunt Trail about 1 mile from Baxter Peak, the summit of Katahdin. Therefore, if hiking to the summit, the hike out-and-back is 8.8 miles. How to get there: Travel on […]
Ann Marquis and the Aurora Jazz Project won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Cathedral Trail up Katahdin in Baxter State Park in September 2014 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: I went on a very difficult but rewarding hike over the weekend with family. We couldn’t have asked for more […]
Kenny Browning, Elena Lillian Hennessey, Kate Castonguay and Denise Thomas won the “Where in the Woods Am I?” game for Doubletop Mountain in Baxter State Park in July 2014 given these verbal clues and the following gallery of photos: My legs are a bit sore today after hiking a fairly tall Maine mountain over the weekend. See if you recognize the mountain […]
