Birch Stream Trail & Haynes Ridge Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Birch Stream Trail & Haynes Ridge Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Bradley-Sunkhaze Preserve near Crocker Turn, ME. It is mostly level, with 166 ft of elevation gain. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Birch Stream Trail & Haynes Ridge Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 166 ft · 2 hr 47 min
Elevation 139–263 ft
Out & Back · Bradley-Sunkhaze Preserve
Trailhead: 44.97935, -68.52068
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:08 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Haynes Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miBear right onto Balsam Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Birch Stream Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miReach Haynes Ridge Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Balsam Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Haynes Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:48 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:08 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:38 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Haynes Ridge Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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