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The trail starts from the Nesowadnehunk Campground in Baxter State Park reachable by the park tote road. Cross the Nesowadnehunk stream bridge past the ranger station and follow the road up to a left (signed) and walk by the wooded tent sites to the trailhead. The trail starts on relatively...

It had been 20 years this August since I was last up Katahdin, so this visit was long over due. Upon arriving at the Abol campground parking lot, the day use area was nearly full, so we lucked out and got the last spot. As we meandered through the campground toward the Abol trailhead under the...

Having to be home early, I decided that an early hike was better than no hike. I left Rangeley around 4:45A heading 16 west. At the junction where RT16 splits, it is freshly paved and a nice ride. Not even at the trail, the adventure starts. Within 5 minutes I see 3 moose crossing with some...

The trailhead starts in a small parking lot at the end of Mount Blue road in the Mount Blue state park in Weld. There is a picnic area just beyond the parking lot with a nice enclosed table area and fine looking privy. The trail is in great shape and dry. A side trail about half way up leads...

A new observation platform on Mount Blue has opened to the public. It is part of the larger fire tower that was recently constructed to conceal radio equipment. There are now 360 degree views from the summit...

Mount Zircon Access to this trail is from a gated dirt road just off South Rumford road. The road proceeds through Poland Spring land also part of the Rumford Water District. There is active logging going on at this time, watch out for skidders! The road gently climbs south and eventually...

I located a portion of the old watchman's trail up Soubunge back in 2009 around half way up, but never followed it back down toward the bottom to see where it came out. This trail was discontinued in 1969, but was easily found once in the woods. The lower half of the mountain has been heavily...

To arrive at Kibby, we took the Spencer road off of Route 201 south of Jackman and headed west to around mile 28 and then went left on the Beaudry road. We went about 6.5 mi to a left that goes up to a small clearing (in about .4 mi). The trailhead is on the left. It was another cloudy day and...

Number Four Mountain is a nice hike just to the east of Moosehead Lake. The current trailhead can be reached by taking the Lily Bay Road up from Greenville to the Meadow Brook road (about 13.3 mi from the blinking light in Greenville). Take this road about 1.7 mi and then take a left. Continue...

Having seen Big Spencer out of the clouds we set out for it. From Greenville, the route is a straight shot up the Lily Bay road though Kokajo and up over Sias hill and down to the approach road. From the village of Kokajo, take the Lily Bay road through town bearing left at the junction where...

This hike is short and not very challenging, but does offer rewarding views. Borestone Mountain is located in the Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary. The place is managed pretty well and the trails are generally in good shape. In season there is a charge for entry, but since it is still off...

With good weather finally showing up, we headed to Barren Mountain. We decided to not go in via the AT at Long Pond Stream, but use the Otter Pond approach. This approach is reached by taking the Elliotsville Road from Monson out 7.7 miles to a bridge that crosses Big Wilson Stream. Crossing...

Another day of rain in the Moosehead region, but with the promise of clearing later in the day, we started out toward Big Moose Mountain. This peak, formerly called Squaw Mountain (renamed in 2000), is easily found by taking Route 15 west out of Greenville and taking a left onto North road...

Went in the North Cove approach, which has a side trail to the AT. From the Caratunk Post Office, take Pleasant Pond road for 4.5 miles until the North Cove entrance on the right. Follow this down the hill, fork left at 4.7, and park on the left across the road from the trail to the pond at...

With a high cloud ceiling, we headed to Big Spencer thinking it would be a good choice as it was clearly out of the clouds and we might get some views today. From Greenville, the route is a straight shot up the Lily Bay road though Kokadjo and up over Sias hill and down to the approach road...

Kelly Mountain Kelly Mountain lies in the town Brighton and is a low mountain with a fire tower on it. It's a nice quick hike to great views from the open fire tower. The last watchman's trail went up the northeast side, but it has long since been obliterated due to logging. The current...

I was up Whitecap last year via the White Brook trail, but wanted to try the AT -> North trail loop this year. This hike consisted of an ascent via the AT going southbound, over the summit, down via the North Trail, and a road walk back to the AT trailhead. This hike turned out to be a nice...

The plan for Bigelow was to meet up with an AT thru-hiker friend and hike out to Avery peak via the Horns Pond trail and then return via the firewarden's trail. We tracked him down in Stratton and made plans to meet at Horns Pond. We decided to go up the Horns Pond trail to get ahead of him a...

For this trip to White Cap, we used an initial approach using the White Brook Trail. This trail is reached from the KI road. We took the KI road from the Greenville side and entered the NMW at the Hedgehog gate. We drove to the access road to Hay Brook and High Bridge Campsites. The road...

The day was rainy early in the interior of Maine, so we decided to go out toward the boundary mountains looking for dry weather. Once past Jackman, the weather was just high clouds. We decided to hunt out the old trail on Tumbledown and after that, head to Kibby. We took the Spencer road off...