Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road & Giant Slide Trail via Around-Mountain Carriage Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road & Giant Slide Trail via Around-Mountain Carriage Road is a 5.8-mile out-and-back near Asticou, ME. It climbs 1,107 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 37/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road & Giant Slide Trail via Around-Mountain Carriage Road
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,107 ft · 2 hr 29 min
Elevation 49–756 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.32944, -68.29305
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Maple Spring Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Giant Slide Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Giant Slide Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miReach Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Giant Slide Trail, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Maple Spring Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~74 min). Leave by 5:28 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road & Bald Peak Trail 2.1 mi · ▲ 651 ft
- Upper Hadlock Pond–Lower Hadlock Pond, 5 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Cedar Swamp Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 4 sights 2.9 mi · ▲ 594 ft
- Gilmore Peak–Parkman Mountain, 4 summits 2.9 mi · ▲ 839 ft
- Lower Hadlock Pond–Aunt Betty Pond Carriage Road, 5 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 1,319 ft
- Hadlock Falls–Birch Spring, 5 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 1,377 ft
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