Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path & Bunker Harbor Bike Path
5.7 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path & Bunker Harbor Bike Path is a 5.7-mile out-and-back near Birch Harbor, ME. It climbs 534 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 67/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path & Bunker Harbor Bike Path
5.7 mi · ▲ 534 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 28–348 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Bunker Harbor Bike Path · 44.37798, -68.03698
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 74°F / low 60° · precip 13% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:03 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Bunker Harbor Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading NW.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Bunker Harbor Bike Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading S.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Bunker Harbor Bike Path, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 6:10 PM for the 7:03 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:47 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Bunker Harbor Bike Path Trailhead
- Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path–Bunker Harbor Bike Path, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Bunker Harbor Bike Path–Mountain Brook Bike Path, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 276 ft
- Bunker Harbor Bike Path–Frazer Creek Bike Path, 3 sights 6.4 mi · ▲ 558 ft
- Schoodic Head–Overlook, 5 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 1,307 ft
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