Appalachian Trail
Near Bald Mountain North Peak · Maine
Appalachian Trail is a trail in New Hampshire's North Country, climbing about 62,450 ft from Appalachian Trailhead to the Mahoosuc Trail junction. Part of it is above treeline.
Map length
253 mi
Climb from the low end
62,440 ft
Book time up / down (from map miles)
157 h 34 min / 156 h 37 min
High point
4,214 ft
Above treeline
2.8 mi
Steepest ¼ mile
2,455 ft/mi
Stream crossings
149 (76 fords)
Low point
482 ft
Measured on the map. The AMC guide and Forest Service figures usually run 5 to 15% longer.
Appalachian Trail Above treeline
Mile by mile (map miles)
From Appalachian Trailhead (the lower end) to Mahoosuc Trail junction.
- 0.0Appalachian Trailhead
- 0.0Crosses Katahdin Stream
- 0.4Fords Katahdin Sream
- 0.7Junction with Grassy Outlet Canoe
- 0.7Grassy Pond
- 0.8Fords a stream
- 0.9Junction with Grassy Pond
- 1.4Junction with DP Nature Trail
- 1.6Junction with Tracy and Elbow Ponds Trail
- 2.1Bridge over a stream
- 2.2Junction with DP Nature Trail and DP Nature Trail
- 3.9Fords a stream
- 4.9Fords a stream
- 6.6Crosses a stream
- 6.9Crosses a stream
- 7.4Fords Foss and Knowlton Brook
- 7.7Fords a stream
- 7.7Fords a stream
- 8.2Junction with Foss and Knowlton Trail
- 8.2Bridge over Katahdin Sream
- 8.5Junction with Abol Pond Trail
- 8.7Bridge over Abol Stream
- 8.7Junction with Abol Stream Trail
- 8.9Junction with ITS 85/86
- 9.2Abol Bridge Campground
- 9.3Junction with ITS 85/86 and ITS 85/86
- 9.3Bridge over West Branch Penobscot River
- 9.4Junction with ITS 85/86 and Water Way
- 11.6Fords a stream
- 12.5Hurd Brook Lean-to
- 12.5Fords a stream
- 14.8Rainbow Ledges
- 15.8Fords a stream
- 16.4Little Beaver Pond
- 16.4Fords a stream
- 16.5Campsite
- 18.4Fords a stream
- 21.1Fords a stream
- 22.9Rainbow Stream Lean-to
- 22.9Fords Rainbow Stream
- 23.3Murphy Ponds
- 23.3Fords a stream
- 25.1Crosses Pollywog Stream
- 26.3Junction with Great Circle Trail
- 26.4Crescent Pond
- 30.1Wadleigh Stream Lean-to
- 30.3Fords Wadleigh Stream
- 31.7Fords Prentiss Brook
- 33.5Fords a stream
- 33.7Junction with Tumbledown Dick Trail
- 35.8Fords Tunbledown Dick Stream
- 36.8Fords Tumbledown Dick Stream
- 37.7Fords Deer Brook
- 38.9Fords Twitchell Brook
- 39.3Fords a stream
- 39.5Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to
- 41.5Fords a stream
- 43.8Mud Pond
- 43.8Fords a stream
- 43.8Fords Mud Brook
- 43.9Fords a stream
- 46.4Fords a stream
- 46.6Campsite
- 47.2Church Pond
- 49.6Fords a stream
- 50.0Fords a stream
- 50.2Cooper Brook Falls Lean-to
- 50.5Crosses a stream
- 50.7Fords a stream
- 52.5Crawford Pond
- 52.5Fords Cooper Brook
- 53.1Campsite near sand beach
- 54.7Little Boardman Mountain
- 55.9Fords a stream
- 56.1Mountain View Pond
- 56.1Fords a stream
- 57.5Fords East Branch Pleasant River: can be dangerous in high water
- 57.8East Branch Lean-to
- 58.3Fords a stream
- 58.5Fords a stream
- 59.3Fords a stream
- 61.2Logan Brook Lean-to
- 62.4White Cap Mountain
- 63.4Junction with White Brook Trail
- 64.0Hay Mountain
- 65.4West Peak
- 66.0Sidney Tappan Campsite
- 66.8Gulf Hagas Mountain
- 67.7Carl A. Newhall Lean-to
- 67.7Fords Gulf Hagas Brook
- 69.1Fords a stream
- 70.9Junction with Applachian Trail Cut-Off
- 71.6Junction with Pleasant River Tote Road and Rim Trail
- 72.7Pugwash Pond
- 72.8Fords West Branch Pleasant River: can be dangerous in high water
- 73.0Campsite
- 73.4Junction with Henderson Brook Trail
- 76.5Chairback Mountain
- 76.9Fords a stream
- 77.0Chairback Gap Lean-to
- 77.7Columbus Mountain
- 78.5Fords a stream
- 78.5Junction with West Charback Pond Trail
- 79.3Third Mountain
- 79.8Junction with Third Mountain Trail
- 81.1Fourth Mountain
- 84.0Barren Mountain
- 85.6Barren Ledges
- 86.8Long Pond Stream Lean-to
- 87.5Slugundy Upper Falls
- 87.5Fords Long Pond Stream: can be dangerous in high water
- 87.5Campsite
- 88.0Vaughn Stream Falls
- 88.0Campsite
- 88.0Fords Vaughn Stream
- 88.2Fords Wilber Brook
- 89.0Fords a stream
- 91.1Fords a stream
- 91.8Fords Big Wilson Stream: can be dangerous in high water
- 91.8Fords a stream
- 92.2Fords Thompson Brook
- 92.9Fords a stream
- 93.6Big Wilson Cliffs
- 94.2Fords a stream
- 94.5Fords a stream
- 94.5Fords Little Wilson Stream
- 94.5Campsite
- 94.6Junction with Lower Wilson Falls Trail
- 94.8Junction with Lower Wilson Falls Trail
- 94.8Little Wilson Upper Falls
- 96.0Mud Pond
- 97.3Fords North Pond Brook
- 97.5North Pond
- 98.1Leeman Brook Lean-to
- 98.1Fords Leeman Brook
- 99.0Lily Pond
- 99.8Bell Pond
- 100.8Bridge over Goodell Brook
- 100.8Spectacle Ponds
- 102.1Fords a stream
- 102.2Bridge over a stream
- 102.3Doughty Ponds
- 104.5Crosses a stream
- 105.0Crosses a stream
- 105.0Lake Hebron
- 105.6Fords a stream
- 105.9Fords a stream
- 106.3Crosses a stream
- 106.6Crosses a stream
- 106.9Crosses a stream
- 107.3Fords East Branch Piscataquis River: can be dangerous in high water
- 108.4Crosses a stream
- 108.8Crosses a stream
- 109.2Crosses a stream
- 109.5Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to
- 112.3Fords West Branch Piscataquis River: can be dangerous in high water
- 112.3Fords Bald Mountain Stream
- 112.5Crosses Bald Mountain Stream
- 112.7Fords Marble Brook
- 113.2Campsite
- 113.5Crosses a stream
- 115.0Crosses Bald Mountain Stream
- 116.0Fords Bald Mountain Stream
- 118.0Crosses a stream
- 119.0Junction with North Peak Trail
- 119.5Junction with Bald Mountain bypass trail
- 119.8Bald Mountain
- 120.3Junction with Bald Mountain bypass trail
- 121.1Crosses a stream
- 121.8Crosses a stream
- 123.1Crosses a stream
- 124.1Fords Baker Stream
- 124.2Moxie Pond
- 124.3Crosses a stream
- 124.7Crosses a stream
- 128.0Middle Mountain
- 128.6Pleasant Pond Mountain
- 131.0Crosses Holly Brook
- 133.0Crosses Holly Brook
- 135.7Crosses Kennebec River
- 137.3Crosses Otter Pond Stream
- 138.4Little Grass Pond
- 138.8Fords Pierce Pond Stream: can be dangerous in high water
- 138.8Pierce Pond Lean-to
- 141.0Crosses a stream
- 141.1Crosses a stream
- 142.2Crosses a stream
- 144.4East Carry Pond
- 144.8Crosses a stream
- 145.8Crosses Sandy Stream
- 148.5West Carry Pond
- 149.1Fords Pond Stream
- 150.5Crosses a stream
- 151.5Crosses a stream
- 153.1Bigelow East Shore North
- 154.1Crosses a stream
- 154.2Crosses a stream
- 154.4Little Bigelow Gravel Pit
- 155.7Little Bigelow Lean-to
- 155.7Little Bigelow
- 158.3Little Bigelow Mountain
- 160.2Junction with Safford Brook Trail
- 161.7Leaves the trees: exposed above treeline
- 161.9360
- 161.9Avery Peak
- 162.2Junction with Fire Wardens Trail
- 162.2Bigelow Col Campsite
- 162.5Mount Bigelow
- 162.7Back below treeline
- 164.4South Peak
- 164.5Junction with Viewpoint
- 164.8The Horns Pond
- 164.9Water source
- 164.9Horns Pond Lean-tos
- 164.9Horns Pond Lean-to
- 165.0Junction with Horns Pond Trail
- 167.7Cranberry Stream Campsite
- 167.8Crosses a stream
- 167.9Crosses a stream
- 168.5Crosses Stratton Brook
- 169.1Crosses a stream
- 174.1Crocker Mountain
- 177.0South Branch Carrabassett River Campsite
- 177.0Fords Carrabassett River: can be dangerous in high water
- 178.9Junction with Sugarloaf Side Trail
- 180.8Junction with Spaulding Mountain Trail
- 181.6Spaulding Mountain Lean-to
- 182.5Junction with Mount Abraham Spur Trail
- 183.6Lone Mountain
- 184.4Fords a stream
- 184.5Fords a stream
- 185.6Fords a stream
- 186.4Fords Orbeton Stream: can be dangerous in high water
- 188.8Poplar Ridge Lean-to
- 190.0Saddleback Junior
- 191.6Leaves the trees: exposed above treeline
- 191.7The Horn
- 191.8Back below treeline
- 192.6Junction with Berry Picker's Trail
- 193.1Leaves the trees: exposed above treeline
- 193.2Saddleback Mountain
- 194.2Back below treeline
- 194.9Eddy Pond Camp
- 195.0Crosses a stream
- 195.0Eddy Pond
- 195.4Crosses a stream
- 195.4Crosses a stream
- 195.5Crosses a stream
- 195.5Crosses a stream
- 195.6Crosses a stream
- 195.9Ethel Pond
- 196.8Crosses a stream
- 198.2Bridge over Sandy River
- 198.3Crosses a stream
- 199.1Crosses a stream
- 199.2Crosses a stream
- 200.2South Pond
- 201.6Crosses a stream
- 202.6Little Swift River Pond
- 203.9Piper Bog
- 204.9Piper Mountain
- 206.4Crosses a stream
- 206.8Sabbath Day Pond
- 207.2Long Pond
- 207.4Crosses a stream
- 208.8Moxie Pond
- 210.1Spruce Mountain
- 211.0Crosses Bemis Stream
- 211.1Bemis Stream Campsite
- 216.1Bemis Mountain
- 219.7Old Blue Mountain
- 222.1Fords Black Brook: can be dangerous in high water
- 222.1Black Brook campsite
- 224.4Crosses a stream
- 224.6Crosses a stream
- 224.7Crosses a stream
- 224.8Crosses a stream
- 224.8Crosses a stream
- 225.0Crosses a stream
- 225.6Hall Mountain Lean-to
- 225.6Campsite
- 225.6Crosses a stream
- 226.7Wyman Mountain
- 229.3Surplus Pond
- 229.3Bridge over Burroughs Brook
- 231.0Junction with Cascade Trail
- 231.7Junction with Cascade Trail
- 231.7Crosses West Branch Ellis River
- 235.1Frye Notch Lean-to
- 235.8Junction with Baldpate Mountain Trail
- 236.1Leaves the trees: exposed above treeline
- 236.2Little Baldpate Mountain
- 236.7East Peak
- 236.7Junction with Grafton Loop Trail
- 236.8Baldpate Mountain
- 237.1Back below treeline
- 237.5West Peak
- 240.2Junction with Table Rock Trail
- 240.3Crosses Bear River
- 240.4Junction with Eyebrow Trail
- 241.4Junction with Eyebrow Trail
- 243.4Junction with Grafton Loop Trail
- 244.4Speck Pond
- 244.5Crosses Pond Brook
- 245.1Junction with May Cutoff Trail
- 246.0Crosses a stream
- 246.4Crosses Bull Branch
- 246.8Fords a stream
- 246.8Fords a stream
- 247.1Mahoosuc Notch
- 247.2Junction with Notch Trail
- 248.0South Peak
- 248.4Full Goose Shelter
- 249.3North Peak
- 250.5Junction with Wright Trail
- 250.7Junction with Summit Trail
- 251.9Mount Carlo
- 252.3Junction with Carlo Col Trail
- 252.3Carlo Col
- 252.7Junction with Mahoosuc Trail
Distances and book times (map miles)
To Grassy Outlet Canoe junction
0.71 mi (total 0.71) · ↑28 ↓36 ft · 22 min / 22 min
To Grassy Pond junction
0.20 mi (total 0.91) · ↑20 ↓6 ft · 7 min / 6 min
To DP Nature Trail junction (mile 1.4)
0.54 mi (total 1.45) · ↑85 ↓46 ft · 19 min / 17 min
To Tracy and Elbow Ponds Trail junction
0.17 mi (total 1.62) · ↑1 ↓16 ft · 5 min / 5 min
To DP Nature Trail junction (mile 2.2)
0.55 mi (total 2.17) · ↑53 ↓79 ft · 18 min / 19 min
To Foss and Knowlton Trail junction
6.04 mi (total 8.21) · ↑230 ↓719 ft · 3 h 8 min / 3 h 23 min
To Abol Pond Trail junction
0.26 mi (total 8.47) · ↑22 ↓16 ft · 8 min / 8 min
To Abol Stream Trail junction
0.24 mi (total 8.71) · ↑8 ↓12 ft · 7 min / 8 min
To ITS 85/86 junction (mile 8.9)
0.19 mi (total 8.90) · ↑20 ↓1 ft · 7 min / 6 min
To Abol Bridge Campground
0.31 mi (total 9.21) · ↑17 ↓32 ft · 10 min / 10 min
To ITS 85/86 junction (mile 9.3)
0.11 mi (total 9.32) · ↑5 ↓15 ft · 4 min / 4 min
To Hurd Brook Lean-to
3.20 mi (total 12.52) · ↑510 ↓369 ft · 1 h 52 min / 1 h 47 min
To Campsite (mile 16.5)
3.96 mi (total 16.48) · ↑998 ↓653 ft · 2 h 29 min / 2 h 19 min
To Rainbow Stream Lean-to
6.37 mi (total 22.85) · ↑562 ↓610 ft · 3 h 28 min / 3 h 29 min
To Great Circle Trail junction
3.49 mi (total 26.34) · ↑452 ↓486 ft · 1 h 58 min / 1 h 59 min
To Wadleigh Stream Lean-to
3.77 mi (total 30.11) · ↑845 ↓1,145 ft · 2 h 19 min / 2 h 28 min
To Tumbledown Dick Trail junction
3.56 mi (total 33.67) · ↑407 ↓477 ft · 1 h 59 min / 2 h 1 min
To Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to
5.80 mi (total 39.47) · ↑261 ↓237 ft · 3 h 2 min / 3 h 1 min
To Campsite (mile 46.6)
7.17 mi (total 46.64) · ↑580 ↓606 ft · 3 h 53 min / 3 h 53 min
To Cooper Brook Falls Lean-to
3.54 mi (total 50.18) · ↑423 ↓104 ft · 1 h 59 min / 1 h 49 min
To Campsite near sand beach
2.93 mi (total 53.11) · ↑405 ↓96 ft · 1 h 40 min / 1 h 31 min
To Little Boardman Mountain
1.59 mi (total 54.70) · ↑794 ↓47 ft · 1 h 11 min / 49 min
To East Branch Lean-to
3.08 mi (total 57.78) · ↑276 ↓1,009 ft · 1 h 41 min / 2 h 2 min
To Logan Brook Lean-to
3.41 mi (total 61.19) · ↑1,222 ↓63 ft · 2 h 19 min / 1 h 44 min
To White Cap Mountain
1.22 mi (total 62.41) · ↑1,246 ↓17 ft · 1 h 14 min / 37 min
To White Brook Trail junction
1.02 mi (total 63.43) · ↑24 ↓698 ft · 31 min / 52 min
To Hay Mountain
0.58 mi (total 64.01) · ↑278 ↓20 ft · 26 min / 18 min
To West Peak (mile 65.4)
1.38 mi (total 65.39) · ↑381 ↓447 ft · 53 min / 55 min
To Sidney Tappan Campsite
0.65 mi (total 66.04) · ↑3 ↓736 ft · 20 min / 41 min
To Gulf Hagas Mountain
0.81 mi (total 66.85) · ↑287 ↓54 ft · 33 min / 26 min
To Carl A. Newhall Lean-to
0.85 mi (total 67.70) · ↑10 ↓758 ft · 26 min / 48 min
To Applachian Trail Cut-Off junction
3.21 mi (total 70.91) · ↑43 ↓896 ft · 1 h 38 min / 2 h 3 min
To Pleasant River Tote Road junction
0.68 mi (total 71.59) · ↑65 ↓202 ft · 22 min / 26 min
To Campsite (mile 73.0)
1.40 mi (total 72.99) · ↑27 ↓277 ft · 43 min / 50 min
To Henderson Brook Trail junction
0.39 mi (total 73.38) · ↑132 ↓0 ft · 16 min / 12 min
To Chairback Mountain
3.10 mi (total 76.48) · ↑1,647 ↓289 ft · 2 h 22 min / 1 h 41 min
To Chairback Gap Lean-to
0.49 mi (total 76.97) · ↑33 ↓241 ft · 16 min / 22 min
To Columbus Mountain
0.69 mi (total 77.66) · ↑358 ↓10 ft · 31 min / 21 min
To West Charback Pond Trail junction
0.87 mi (total 78.53) · ↑6 ↓585 ft · 26 min / 44 min
To Third Mountain
0.77 mi (total 79.30) · ↑343 ↓45 ft · 34 min / 25 min
To Third Mountain Trail junction
0.53 mi (total 79.83) · ↑16 ↓255 ft · 16 min / 23 min
To Fourth Mountain
1.23 mi (total 81.06) · ↑802 ↓256 ft · 1 h 1 min / 44 min
To Barren Mountain
2.99 mi (total 84.05) · ↑841 ↓571 ft · 1 h 55 min / 1 h 47 min
To Long Pond Stream Lean-to
2.71 mi (total 86.76) · ↑123 ↓1,844 ft · 1 h 25 min / 2 h 17 min
To Campsite (mile 87.5)
0.73 mi (total 87.49) · ↑11 ↓278 ft · 22 min / 30 min
To Campsite (mile 88.0)
0.55 mi (total 88.04) · ↑45 ↓36 ft · 18 min / 17 min
To Campsite (mile 94.5)
6.45 mi (total 94.49) · ↑1,539 ↓1,406 ft · 3 h 59 min / 3 h 56 min
To Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.6)
0.10 mi (total 94.59) · ↑42 ↓0 ft · 4 min / 3 min
To Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.8)
0.16 mi (total 94.75) · ↑57 ↓0 ft · 7 min / 5 min
To Leeman Brook Lean-to
3.33 mi (total 98.08) · ↑786 ↓594 ft · 2 h 4 min / 1 h 58 min
To Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to
11.45 mi (total 109.53) · ↑1,731 ↓1,992 ft · 6 h 35 min / 6 h 43 min
To Campsite (mile 113.2)
3.66 mi (total 113.19) · ↑644 ↓418 ft · 2 h 9 min / 2 h 2 min
To North Peak Trail junction
5.77 mi (total 118.96) · ↑1,474 ↓288 ft · 3 h 37 min / 3 h 2 min
To Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 119.5)
0.56 mi (total 119.52) · ↑192 ↓6 ft · 23 min / 17 min
To Bald Mountain
0.30 mi (total 119.82) · ↑212 ↓1 ft · 16 min / 9 min
To Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 120.3)
0.53 mi (total 120.35) · ↑16 ↓468 ft · 16 min / 30 min
To Middle Mountain
7.66 mi (total 128.01) · ↑1,686 ↓1,575 ft · 4 h 40 min / 4 h 37 min
To Pleasant Pond Mountain
0.60 mi (total 128.61) · ↑259 ↓61 ft · 26 min / 20 min
To Pierce Pond Lean-to
10.23 mi (total 138.84) · ↑1,127 ↓2,422 ft · 5 h 41 min / 6 h 20 min
To Bigelow East Shore North
14.25 mi (total 153.09) · ↑2,096 ↓2,103 ft · 8 h 10 min / 8 h 11 min
To Little Bigelow Gravel Pit
1.30 mi (total 154.39) · ↑137 ↓147 ft · 43 min / 43 min
To Little Bigelow Lean-to
1.27 mi (total 155.66) · ↑623 ↓0 ft · 57 min / 38 min
To Little Bigelow Mountain
2.62 mi (total 158.28) · ↑1,407 ↓199 ft · 2 h 1 min / 1 h 25 min
To Safford Brook Trail junction
1.90 mi (total 160.18) · ↑103 ↓863 ft · 1 h / 1 h 23 min
To Avery Peak
1.73 mi (total 161.91) · ↑1,841 ↓13 ft · 1 h 47 min / 52 min
To Bigelow Col Campsite
0.33 mi (total 162.24) · ↑8 ↓265 ft · 10 min / 18 min
To Mount Bigelow
0.27 mi (total 162.51) · ↑302 ↓3 ft · 17 min / 8 min
To South Peak (mile 164.4)
1.89 mi (total 164.40) · ↑528 ↓851 ft · 1 h 13 min / 1 h 22 min
To Horns Pond Lean-to
0.47 mi (total 164.87) · ↑6 ↓626 ft · 14 min / 33 min
To Horns Pond Trail junction
0.14 mi (total 165.01) · ↑0 ↓13 ft · 4 min / 5 min
To Cranberry Stream Campsite
2.66 mi (total 167.67) · ↑284 ↓2,056 ft · 1 h 28 min / 2 h 22 min
To Crocker Mountain
6.46 mi (total 174.13) · ↑3,178 ↓336 ft · 4 h 49 min / 3 h 24 min
To South Branch Carrabassett River Campsite
2.86 mi (total 176.99) · ↑344 ↓2,408 ft · 1 h 36 min / 2 h 38 min
To Sugarloaf Side Trail junction
1.93 mi (total 178.92) · ↑1,562 ↓75 ft · 1 h 45 min / 1 h
To Spaulding Mountain Trail junction
1.89 mi (total 180.81) · ↑661 ↓413 ft · 1 h 17 min / 1 h 9 min
To Spaulding Mountain Lean-to
0.75 mi (total 181.56) · ↑0 ↓765 ft · 23 min / 46 min
To Mount Abraham Spur Trail junction
0.97 mi (total 182.53) · ↑202 ↓69 ft · 35 min / 31 min
To Lone Mountain
1.02 mi (total 183.55) · ↑164 ↓166 ft · 35 min / 35 min
To Poplar Ridge Lean-to
5.20 mi (total 188.75) · ↑1,710 ↓2,009 ft · 3 h 28 min / 3 h 36 min
To Saddleback Junior
1.21 mi (total 189.96) · ↑780 ↓88 ft · 1 h / 39 min
To The Horn
1.75 mi (total 191.71) · ↑1,074 ↓700 ft · 1 h 25 min / 1 h 14 min
To Berry Picker's Trail junction
0.92 mi (total 192.63) · ↑102 ↓489 ft · 31 min / 42 min
To Saddleback Mountain
0.54 mi (total 193.17) · ↑512 ↓29 ft · 32 min / 17 min
To Eddy Pond Camp
1.71 mi (total 194.88) · ↑34 ↓1,498 ft · 52 min / 1 h 36 min
To Piper Mountain
9.98 mi (total 204.86) · ↑2,168 ↓1,843 ft · 6 h 4 min / 5 h 55 min
To Spruce Mountain
5.25 mi (total 210.11) · ↑910 ↓1,448 ft · 3 h 5 min / 3 h 21 min
To Bemis Stream Campsite
0.99 mi (total 211.10) · ↑3 ↓927 ft · 30 min / 58 min
To Bemis Mountain
4.98 mi (total 216.08) · ↑2,572 ↓537 ft · 3 h 47 min / 2 h 46 min
To Old Blue Mountain
3.60 mi (total 219.68) · ↑964 ↓913 ft · 2 h 17 min / 2 h 16 min
To Black Brook campsite
2.40 mi (total 222.08) · ↑93 ↓2,258 ft · 1 h 15 min / 2 h 20 min
To Hall Mountain Lean-to
3.47 mi (total 225.55) · ↑2,562 ↓1,362 ft · 3 h 1 min / 2 h 25 min
To Wyman Mountain
1.16 mi (total 226.71) · ↑507 ↓194 ft · 50 min / 41 min
To Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.0)
4.28 mi (total 230.99) · ↑352 ↓1,830 ft · 2 h 19 min / 3 h 4 min
To Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.7)
0.71 mi (total 231.70) · ↑121 ↓255 ft · 25 min / 29 min
To Frye Notch Lean-to
3.43 mi (total 235.13) · ↑1,690 ↓659 ft · 2 h 34 min / 2 h 2 min
To Baldpate Mountain Trail junction
0.71 mi (total 235.84) · ↑378 ↓25 ft · 32 min / 22 min
To Little Baldpate Mountain
0.40 mi (total 236.24) · ↑708 ↓0 ft · 33 min / 12 min
To East Peak
0.42 mi (total 236.66) · ↑365 ↓0 ft · 23 min / 13 min
To Baldpate Mountain
0.12 mi (total 236.78) · ↑3 ↓12 ft · 4 min / 4 min
To West Peak (mile 237.5)
0.74 mi (total 237.52) · ↑257 ↓373 ft · 30 min / 34 min
To Table Rock Trail junction
2.71 mi (total 240.23) · ↑136 ↓2,315 ft · 1 h 25 min / 2 h 31 min
To Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 240.4)
0.20 mi (total 240.43) · ↑21 ↓9 ft · 7 min / 6 min
To Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 241.4)
0.93 mi (total 241.36) · ↑967 ↓2 ft · 57 min / 28 min
To Grafton Loop Trail junction
2.01 mi (total 243.37) · ↑1,637 ↓71 ft · 1 h 49 min / 1 h 2 min
To May Cutoff Trail junction
1.73 mi (total 245.10) · ↑512 ↓804 ft · 1 h 7 min / 1 h 16 min
To Notch Trail junction
2.06 mi (total 247.16) · ↑376 ↓1,686 ft · 1 h 13 min / 1 h 52 min
To South Peak (mile 248.0)
0.83 mi (total 247.99) · ↑940 ↓16 ft · 53 min / 25 min
To Full Goose Shelter
0.42 mi (total 248.41) · ↑0 ↓378 ft · 13 min / 24 min
To North Peak
0.89 mi (total 249.30) · ↑669 ↓2 ft · 47 min / 27 min
To Wright Trail junction
1.18 mi (total 250.48) · ↑404 ↓431 ft · 47 min / 49 min
To Summit Trail junction
0.24 mi (total 250.72) · ↑160 ↓0 ft · 12 min / 7 min
To Mount Carlo
1.22 mi (total 251.94) · ↑442 ↓680 ft · 50 min / 57 min
To Carlo Col
0.35 mi (total 252.29) · ↑11 ↓365 ft · 11 min / 22 min
To Mahoosuc Trail junction
0.41 mi (total 252.70) · ↑0 ↓228 ft · 13 min / 19 min
| From | To | Map miles | Total | Climb ↑ / ↓ | Time ↑ / ↓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appalachian Trailhead | Grassy Outlet Canoe junction | 0.71 | 0.71 | 28 / 36 ft | 22 min / 22 min |
| Grassy Outlet Canoe junction | Grassy Pond junction | 0.20 | 0.91 | 20 / 6 ft | 7 min / 6 min |
| Grassy Pond junction | DP Nature Trail junction (mile 1.4) | 0.54 | 1.45 | 85 / 46 ft | 19 min / 17 min |
| DP Nature Trail junction (mile 1.4) | Tracy and Elbow Ponds Trail junction | 0.17 | 1.62 | 1 / 16 ft | 5 min / 5 min |
| Tracy and Elbow Ponds Trail junction | DP Nature Trail junction (mile 2.2) | 0.55 | 2.17 | 53 / 79 ft | 18 min / 19 min |
| DP Nature Trail junction (mile 2.2) | Foss and Knowlton Trail junction | 6.04 | 8.21 | 230 / 719 ft | 3 h 8 min / 3 h 23 min |
| Foss and Knowlton Trail junction | Abol Pond Trail junction | 0.26 | 8.47 | 22 / 16 ft | 8 min / 8 min |
| Abol Pond Trail junction | Abol Stream Trail junction | 0.24 | 8.71 | 8 / 12 ft | 7 min / 8 min |
| Abol Stream Trail junction | ITS 85/86 junction (mile 8.9) | 0.19 | 8.90 | 20 / 1 ft | 7 min / 6 min |
| ITS 85/86 junction (mile 8.9) | Abol Bridge Campground | 0.31 | 9.21 | 17 / 32 ft | 10 min / 10 min |
| Abol Bridge Campground | ITS 85/86 junction (mile 9.3) | 0.11 | 9.32 | 5 / 15 ft | 4 min / 4 min |
| ITS 85/86 junction (mile 9.3) | Hurd Brook Lean-to | 3.20 | 12.52 | 510 / 369 ft | 1 h 52 min / 1 h 47 min |
| Hurd Brook Lean-to | Campsite (mile 16.5) | 3.96 | 16.48 | 998 / 653 ft | 2 h 29 min / 2 h 19 min |
| Campsite (mile 16.5) | Rainbow Stream Lean-to | 6.37 | 22.85 | 562 / 610 ft | 3 h 28 min / 3 h 29 min |
| Rainbow Stream Lean-to | Great Circle Trail junction | 3.49 | 26.34 | 452 / 486 ft | 1 h 58 min / 1 h 59 min |
| Great Circle Trail junction | Wadleigh Stream Lean-to | 3.77 | 30.11 | 845 / 1,145 ft | 2 h 19 min / 2 h 28 min |
| Wadleigh Stream Lean-to | Tumbledown Dick Trail junction | 3.56 | 33.67 | 407 / 477 ft | 1 h 59 min / 2 h 1 min |
| Tumbledown Dick Trail junction | Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to | 5.80 | 39.47 | 261 / 237 ft | 3 h 2 min / 3 h 1 min |
| Potaywadjo Spring Lean-to | Campsite (mile 46.6) | 7.17 | 46.64 | 580 / 606 ft | 3 h 53 min / 3 h 53 min |
| Campsite (mile 46.6) | Cooper Brook Falls Lean-to | 3.54 | 50.18 | 423 / 104 ft | 1 h 59 min / 1 h 49 min |
| Cooper Brook Falls Lean-to | Campsite near sand beach | 2.93 | 53.11 | 405 / 96 ft | 1 h 40 min / 1 h 31 min |
| Campsite near sand beach | Little Boardman Mountain | 1.59 | 54.70 | 794 / 47 ft | 1 h 11 min / 49 min |
| Little Boardman Mountain | East Branch Lean-to | 3.08 | 57.78 | 276 / 1,009 ft | 1 h 41 min / 2 h 2 min |
| East Branch Lean-to | Logan Brook Lean-to | 3.41 | 61.19 | 1,222 / 63 ft | 2 h 19 min / 1 h 44 min |
| Logan Brook Lean-to | White Cap Mountain | 1.22 | 62.41 | 1,246 / 17 ft | 1 h 14 min / 37 min |
| White Cap Mountain | White Brook Trail junction | 1.02 | 63.43 | 24 / 698 ft | 31 min / 52 min |
| White Brook Trail junction | Hay Mountain | 0.58 | 64.01 | 278 / 20 ft | 26 min / 18 min |
| Hay Mountain | West Peak (mile 65.4) | 1.38 | 65.39 | 381 / 447 ft | 53 min / 55 min |
| West Peak (mile 65.4) | Sidney Tappan Campsite | 0.65 | 66.04 | 3 / 736 ft | 20 min / 41 min |
| Sidney Tappan Campsite | Gulf Hagas Mountain | 0.81 | 66.85 | 287 / 54 ft | 33 min / 26 min |
| Gulf Hagas Mountain | Carl A. Newhall Lean-to | 0.85 | 67.70 | 10 / 758 ft | 26 min / 48 min |
| Carl A. Newhall Lean-to | Applachian Trail Cut-Off junction | 3.21 | 70.91 | 43 / 896 ft | 1 h 38 min / 2 h 3 min |
| Applachian Trail Cut-Off junction | Pleasant River Tote Road junction | 0.68 | 71.59 | 65 / 202 ft | 22 min / 26 min |
| Pleasant River Tote Road junction | Campsite (mile 73.0) | 1.40 | 72.99 | 27 / 277 ft | 43 min / 50 min |
| Campsite (mile 73.0) | Henderson Brook Trail junction | 0.39 | 73.38 | 132 / 0 ft | 16 min / 12 min |
| Henderson Brook Trail junction | Chairback Mountain | 3.10 | 76.48 | 1,647 / 289 ft | 2 h 22 min / 1 h 41 min |
| Chairback Mountain | Chairback Gap Lean-to | 0.49 | 76.97 | 33 / 241 ft | 16 min / 22 min |
| Chairback Gap Lean-to | Columbus Mountain | 0.69 | 77.66 | 358 / 10 ft | 31 min / 21 min |
| Columbus Mountain | West Charback Pond Trail junction | 0.87 | 78.53 | 6 / 585 ft | 26 min / 44 min |
| West Charback Pond Trail junction | Third Mountain | 0.77 | 79.30 | 343 / 45 ft | 34 min / 25 min |
| Third Mountain | Third Mountain Trail junction | 0.53 | 79.83 | 16 / 255 ft | 16 min / 23 min |
| Third Mountain Trail junction | Fourth Mountain | 1.23 | 81.06 | 802 / 256 ft | 1 h 1 min / 44 min |
| Fourth Mountain | Barren Mountain | 2.99 | 84.05 | 841 / 571 ft | 1 h 55 min / 1 h 47 min |
| Barren Mountain | Long Pond Stream Lean-to | 2.71 | 86.76 | 123 / 1,844 ft | 1 h 25 min / 2 h 17 min |
| Long Pond Stream Lean-to | Campsite (mile 87.5) | 0.73 | 87.49 | 11 / 278 ft | 22 min / 30 min |
| Campsite (mile 87.5) | Campsite (mile 88.0) | 0.55 | 88.04 | 45 / 36 ft | 18 min / 17 min |
| Campsite (mile 88.0) | Campsite (mile 94.5) | 6.45 | 94.49 | 1,539 / 1,406 ft | 3 h 59 min / 3 h 56 min |
| Campsite (mile 94.5) | Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.6) | 0.10 | 94.59 | 42 / 0 ft | 4 min / 3 min |
| Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.6) | Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.8) | 0.16 | 94.75 | 57 / 0 ft | 7 min / 5 min |
| Lower Wilson Falls Trail junction (mile 94.8) | Leeman Brook Lean-to | 3.33 | 98.08 | 786 / 594 ft | 2 h 4 min / 1 h 58 min |
| Leeman Brook Lean-to | Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to | 11.45 | 109.53 | 1,731 / 1,992 ft | 6 h 35 min / 6 h 43 min |
| Horseshoe Canyon Lean-to | Campsite (mile 113.2) | 3.66 | 113.19 | 644 / 418 ft | 2 h 9 min / 2 h 2 min |
| Campsite (mile 113.2) | North Peak Trail junction | 5.77 | 118.96 | 1,474 / 288 ft | 3 h 37 min / 3 h 2 min |
| North Peak Trail junction | Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 119.5) | 0.56 | 119.52 | 192 / 6 ft | 23 min / 17 min |
| Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 119.5) | Bald Mountain | 0.30 | 119.82 | 212 / 1 ft | 16 min / 9 min |
| Bald Mountain | Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 120.3) | 0.53 | 120.35 | 16 / 468 ft | 16 min / 30 min |
| Bald Mountain bypass trail junction (mile 120.3) | Middle Mountain | 7.66 | 128.01 | 1,686 / 1,575 ft | 4 h 40 min / 4 h 37 min |
| Middle Mountain | Pleasant Pond Mountain | 0.60 | 128.61 | 259 / 61 ft | 26 min / 20 min |
| Pleasant Pond Mountain | Pierce Pond Lean-to | 10.23 | 138.84 | 1,127 / 2,422 ft | 5 h 41 min / 6 h 20 min |
| Pierce Pond Lean-to | Bigelow East Shore North | 14.25 | 153.09 | 2,096 / 2,103 ft | 8 h 10 min / 8 h 11 min |
| Bigelow East Shore North | Little Bigelow Gravel Pit | 1.30 | 154.39 | 137 / 147 ft | 43 min / 43 min |
| Little Bigelow Gravel Pit | Little Bigelow Lean-to | 1.27 | 155.66 | 623 / 0 ft | 57 min / 38 min |
| Little Bigelow Lean-to | Little Bigelow Mountain | 2.62 | 158.28 | 1,407 / 199 ft | 2 h 1 min / 1 h 25 min |
| Little Bigelow Mountain | Safford Brook Trail junction | 1.90 | 160.18 | 103 / 863 ft | 1 h / 1 h 23 min |
| Safford Brook Trail junction | Avery Peak | 1.73 | 161.91 | 1,841 / 13 ft | 1 h 47 min / 52 min |
| Avery Peak | Bigelow Col Campsite | 0.33 | 162.24 | 8 / 265 ft | 10 min / 18 min |
| Bigelow Col Campsite | Mount Bigelow | 0.27 | 162.51 | 302 / 3 ft | 17 min / 8 min |
| Mount Bigelow | South Peak (mile 164.4) | 1.89 | 164.40 | 528 / 851 ft | 1 h 13 min / 1 h 22 min |
| South Peak (mile 164.4) | Horns Pond Lean-to | 0.47 | 164.87 | 6 / 626 ft | 14 min / 33 min |
| Horns Pond Lean-to | Horns Pond Trail junction | 0.14 | 165.01 | 0 / 13 ft | 4 min / 5 min |
| Horns Pond Trail junction | Cranberry Stream Campsite | 2.66 | 167.67 | 284 / 2,056 ft | 1 h 28 min / 2 h 22 min |
| Cranberry Stream Campsite | Crocker Mountain | 6.46 | 174.13 | 3,178 / 336 ft | 4 h 49 min / 3 h 24 min |
| Crocker Mountain | South Branch Carrabassett River Campsite | 2.86 | 176.99 | 344 / 2,408 ft | 1 h 36 min / 2 h 38 min |
| South Branch Carrabassett River Campsite | Sugarloaf Side Trail junction | 1.93 | 178.92 | 1,562 / 75 ft | 1 h 45 min / 1 h |
| Sugarloaf Side Trail junction | Spaulding Mountain Trail junction | 1.89 | 180.81 | 661 / 413 ft | 1 h 17 min / 1 h 9 min |
| Spaulding Mountain Trail junction | Spaulding Mountain Lean-to | 0.75 | 181.56 | 0 / 765 ft | 23 min / 46 min |
| Spaulding Mountain Lean-to | Mount Abraham Spur Trail junction | 0.97 | 182.53 | 202 / 69 ft | 35 min / 31 min |
| Mount Abraham Spur Trail junction | Lone Mountain | 1.02 | 183.55 | 164 / 166 ft | 35 min / 35 min |
| Lone Mountain | Poplar Ridge Lean-to | 5.20 | 188.75 | 1,710 / 2,009 ft | 3 h 28 min / 3 h 36 min |
| Poplar Ridge Lean-to | Saddleback Junior | 1.21 | 189.96 | 780 / 88 ft | 1 h / 39 min |
| Saddleback Junior | The Horn | 1.75 | 191.71 | 1,074 / 700 ft | 1 h 25 min / 1 h 14 min |
| The Horn | Berry Picker's Trail junction | 0.92 | 192.63 | 102 / 489 ft | 31 min / 42 min |
| Berry Picker's Trail junction | Saddleback Mountain | 0.54 | 193.17 | 512 / 29 ft | 32 min / 17 min |
| Saddleback Mountain | Eddy Pond Camp | 1.71 | 194.88 | 34 / 1,498 ft | 52 min / 1 h 36 min |
| Eddy Pond Camp | Piper Mountain | 9.98 | 204.86 | 2,168 / 1,843 ft | 6 h 4 min / 5 h 55 min |
| Piper Mountain | Spruce Mountain | 5.25 | 210.11 | 910 / 1,448 ft | 3 h 5 min / 3 h 21 min |
| Spruce Mountain | Bemis Stream Campsite | 0.99 | 211.10 | 3 / 927 ft | 30 min / 58 min |
| Bemis Stream Campsite | Bemis Mountain | 4.98 | 216.08 | 2,572 / 537 ft | 3 h 47 min / 2 h 46 min |
| Bemis Mountain | Old Blue Mountain | 3.60 | 219.68 | 964 / 913 ft | 2 h 17 min / 2 h 16 min |
| Old Blue Mountain | Black Brook campsite | 2.40 | 222.08 | 93 / 2,258 ft | 1 h 15 min / 2 h 20 min |
| Black Brook campsite | Hall Mountain Lean-to | 3.47 | 225.55 | 2,562 / 1,362 ft | 3 h 1 min / 2 h 25 min |
| Hall Mountain Lean-to | Wyman Mountain | 1.16 | 226.71 | 507 / 194 ft | 50 min / 41 min |
| Wyman Mountain | Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.0) | 4.28 | 230.99 | 352 / 1,830 ft | 2 h 19 min / 3 h 4 min |
| Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.0) | Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.7) | 0.71 | 231.70 | 121 / 255 ft | 25 min / 29 min |
| Cascade Trail junction (mile 231.7) | Frye Notch Lean-to | 3.43 | 235.13 | 1,690 / 659 ft | 2 h 34 min / 2 h 2 min |
| Frye Notch Lean-to | Baldpate Mountain Trail junction | 0.71 | 235.84 | 378 / 25 ft | 32 min / 22 min |
| Baldpate Mountain Trail junction | Little Baldpate Mountain | 0.40 | 236.24 | 708 / 0 ft | 33 min / 12 min |
| Little Baldpate Mountain | East Peak | 0.42 | 236.66 | 365 / 0 ft | 23 min / 13 min |
| East Peak | Baldpate Mountain | 0.12 | 236.78 | 3 / 12 ft | 4 min / 4 min |
| Baldpate Mountain | West Peak (mile 237.5) | 0.74 | 237.52 | 257 / 373 ft | 30 min / 34 min |
| West Peak (mile 237.5) | Table Rock Trail junction | 2.71 | 240.23 | 136 / 2,315 ft | 1 h 25 min / 2 h 31 min |
| Table Rock Trail junction | Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 240.4) | 0.20 | 240.43 | 21 / 9 ft | 7 min / 6 min |
| Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 240.4) | Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 241.4) | 0.93 | 241.36 | 967 / 2 ft | 57 min / 28 min |
| Eyebrow Trail junction (mile 241.4) | Grafton Loop Trail junction | 2.01 | 243.37 | 1,637 / 71 ft | 1 h 49 min / 1 h 2 min |
| Grafton Loop Trail junction | May Cutoff Trail junction | 1.73 | 245.10 | 512 / 804 ft | 1 h 7 min / 1 h 16 min |
| May Cutoff Trail junction | Notch Trail junction | 2.06 | 247.16 | 376 / 1,686 ft | 1 h 13 min / 1 h 52 min |
| Notch Trail junction | South Peak (mile 248.0) | 0.83 | 247.99 | 940 / 16 ft | 53 min / 25 min |
| South Peak (mile 248.0) | Full Goose Shelter | 0.42 | 248.41 | 0 / 378 ft | 13 min / 24 min |
| Full Goose Shelter | North Peak | 0.89 | 249.30 | 669 / 2 ft | 47 min / 27 min |
| North Peak | Wright Trail junction | 1.18 | 250.48 | 404 / 431 ft | 47 min / 49 min |
| Wright Trail junction | Summit Trail junction | 0.24 | 250.72 | 160 / 0 ft | 12 min / 7 min |
| Summit Trail junction | Mount Carlo | 1.22 | 251.94 | 442 / 680 ft | 50 min / 57 min |
| Mount Carlo | Carlo Col | 0.35 | 252.29 | 11 / 365 ft | 11 min / 22 min |
| Carlo Col | Mahoosuc Trail junction | 0.41 | 252.70 | 0 / 228 ft | 13 min / 19 min |
↑ walking from Appalachian Trailhead; ↓ the other way. Book time: 2 mph over the map miles plus 30 minutes per 1,000 ft of climbing.
Trailheads and parking
Appalachian Trailhead
Off Park Tote Road
Connecting trails
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