Kilkenny Ridge Trail

HikerNerd routes on this trail

• Mount Cabot via Bunnell NotchMount Cabot
• Mount Waumbek via Starr KingMount Waumbek

Mile by mile (map miles)

From Devil's Hopyard junction (the lower end) to Mount Starr King.

1. 0.0Devil's Hopyard junction
2. 3.2Rogers Ledge
3. 3.7Rogers Ledge Campsite
4. 3.8Junction with Mill Brook Trail
5. 4.3Kilback Pond
6. 5.7Junction with Unknown Pond Trail
7. 7.2Junction with Horn Spur
8. 7.4The Bulge
9. 8.2Mount Cabot
10. 8.5Mt. Cabot Cabin
11. 9.0Bunnell Rock
12. 9.4Junction with Bunnell Notch Trail and Mt Cabot Trail
13. 9.8Junction with Bunnell Notch Trail
14. 11.5Junction with Spur
15. 12.4Junction with York Pond Trail
16. 13.6Mount Weeks
17. 14.8Middle Weeks Mountain
18. 15.7South Weeks Mountain
19. 17.9Mount Waumbek
20. 18.7Junction with Starr King Trail
21. 18.7Mount Starr King

Distances and book times (map miles)

1. To Rogers Ledge

   3.18 mi (total 3.18) · ↑1,760 ↓0 ft · 2 h 28 min / 1 h 35 min

2. To Rogers Ledge Campsite

   0.53 mi (total 3.71) · ↑0 ↓503 ft · 16 min / 31 min

3. To Unknown Pond Trail junction

   2.02 mi (total 5.73) · ↑963 ↓190 ft · 1 h 29 min / 1 h 7 min

4. To Horn Spur junction

   1.47 mi (total 7.20) · ↑572 ↓111 ft · 1 h 1 min / 47 min

5. To The Bulge

   0.23 mi (total 7.43) · ↑276 ↓0 ft · 15 min / 7 min

6. To Mount Cabot

   0.74 mi (total 8.17) · ↑474 ↓243 ft · 37 min / 29 min

7. To Mt. Cabot Cabin

   0.30 mi (total 8.47) · ↑27 ↓123 ft · 10 min / 13 min

8. To Bunnell Notch Trail and Mt Cabot Trail junction

   0.89 mi (total 9.36) · ↑0 ↓1,115 ft · 27 min / 1 h

9. To Bunnell Notch Trail junction

   0.41 mi (total 9.77) · ↑131 ↓37 ft · 16 min / 13 min

10. To Spur junction

    1.69 mi (total 11.46) · ↑838 ↓314 ft · 1 h 16 min / 1 h

11. To York Pond Trail junction

    0.96 mi (total 12.42) · ↑20 ↓869 ft · 29 min / 55 min

12. To Mount Weeks

    1.14 mi (total 13.56) · ↑1,178 ↓0 ft · 1 h 10 min / 34 min

13. To Middle Weeks Mountain

    1.24 mi (total 14.80) · ↑417 ↓619 ft · 50 min / 56 min

14. To South Weeks Mountain

    0.85 mi (total 15.65) · ↑383 ↓196 ft · 37 min / 31 min

15. To Mount Waumbek

    2.20 mi (total 17.85) · ↑559 ↓440 ft · 1 h 23 min / 1 h 19 min

16. To Mount Starr King

    0.85 mi (total 18.70) · ↑165 ↓268 ft · 31 min / 34 min

↑ walking from Devil's Hopyard junction; ↓ the other way. Book time: 2 mph over the map miles plus 30 minutes per 1,000 ft of climbing.

Summit conditions

Recent trip reports

3 reports on this trail in the last 30 days: snow or ice in 0, microspikes recommended in 0, mud in 2. From hikers on New England Trail Conditions.

• Wed, Sep 30MudWet

  Water crossings: All water crossings on the Bunnell Notch Trail were easy. The largest crossing is the brook that drains Bunnell Notch that may difficult in high water. Not high today.

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• Sat, Sep 26WetDry

  Water crossings: None to worry about

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• Wed, Sep 16MudDry

  Water crossings: The few stream crossings were easily rock hoppable

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• Wed, Aug 26WetDry

  Water crossings: The main crossing, about a mile in, had low flow, due to generally dry summer, so the crossing was an easy rock hop, mostly just walking along. The minor drainage flows above that were similarly easy.

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• Wed, Aug 26MudDry

  Water crossings: No issues

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