6/30/2023 0 Comments Parcel path![]() ![]() Hay Ledges Path (0.8 miles moderate footpath): This path branches off of the Stuart Gross Trail 0.3 miles from the parking lot, following an old road through spacious meadows and oaks to the Hay Ledges, a meadow with beautiful views of Alamoosook Lake and beyond. Just before you come to the highest point on the Dead River Trail, a stone cairn and small signs point the way to a connector trail linking the Dead River Trail to the Stuart Gross Path and the Great Pond Mountain Trail to the summit. Great Pond Mountain Trail- Via Dead River Trail and Connector (3.5 miles, moderate multi-use gravel trail to footpath): See Dead River Trail description. Parts of this trail cross private property stay on trail. To the left, look for snow-capped Katahdin on a clear spring day. A short walk to the right, peer down on Hothole Valley and Craig Pond. On top, bare ledges offer fine views including the Penobscot Narrows Bridge and bay. Enjoy views to north and south before the last steep ascent through the woods to the bald summit. You'll soon come out of the woods to hike along a broad ridge look for blueberries and the white flowers of rare smooth sandwort. Go straight across the intersection onto Mountain Trail, and ascend on this wide bedrock trail. Great Pond Mountain Trail - Via Stuart Gross Path (1.1 miles, moderate footpath): Starting 0.9 miles up Don Fish Road from the hatchery, the trail heads uphill through beech woods 0.4 miles then veers right to approach the intersection with the Dead River Trail Connector and the old Jeep trail up Great Pond Mountain. A hike to Great Pond Mountain Summit via Dead River Trail is 3.5 miles one-way. Just before you come to the highest point on the Dead River Trail, a stone cairn and small trail signs point the way to a connector trail linking the Dead River Trail to the Stuart Gross Path and the trail to Great Pond Mountain summit. It ends at a peaceful wooded peninsula with a picnic table, and views up and down the Dead River.ĭead River Trail (2.5 miles, easy gravel multi-use trail): This gravel multi-use trail traverses rolling terrain through young forests and meadows on the 875 acres between Great Pond Mountain and the Dead River, with occasional views to the west, especially as you rise higher up the mountain slope. There are 3 miles of gravel road and hiking paths on this section, and a connector to the Great Pond Mountain Trail.ĭead River Picnic Path (0.3 miles, moderate footpath): Veering left from the Dead River Trail about 0.6 miles in from the gate, this path descends steeply through grassy meadows and young mixed woods to the east shore of Dead River. Access is via boat launch at Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery on Alamoosook Lake or on foot from Don Fish Road, 0.5 miles past the Hatchery. Loons cry and osprey fish along this undeveloped stretch of deadwater, and beaver and otter haunt marshy Hellbottom Swamp. The Dead River Section is 875 wooded acres on the western flank of Great Pond Mountain, sweeping from the summit down to two miles of shoreline on the Dead River – the northern arm of Alamoosook Lake.
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