Bubble Pond–Eagle Lake, 5 lakes is a 9.1-mile out-and-back near Otter Creek, ME. The route passes Bubble Pond and Eagle Lake before reaching Halfmoon Pond at the turnaround, 4.5 miles in. It climbs 1,283 ft, with sections as steep as 44% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi256 – 1,506 ft · steepest grade: 44%9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Cadillac South Ridge Trail 44.34964, -68.22891
Nearest town Otter Creek, ME
Directions
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Bubble Pond–Eagle Lake, 5 lakes
9.1 mi · ▲ 1,283 ft · 3 hr 40 min
Elevation 254–1,505 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Cadillac South Ridge Trail · 44.34964, -68.22891
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Cadillac South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Cadillac West Face Trail, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto Pemetic Mountain North Ridge Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Bubble Pond.
- 150 ftBear right onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 0.3 miPass Eagle Lake.
- 50 ftBear right onto Eagle Lake Carriage Road, heading N.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Witch Hole Connector Carriage Road, heading N.
- 1.1 miPass Halfmoon Pond.
- 250 ftReach Bubble Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miBear right onto Eagle Lake Carriage Road, heading SE.
- 2.1 miBear left onto Carriage Road, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Pemetic Mountain North Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Cadillac West Face Trail, heading SE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Cadillac South Ridge Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
78% gravel22% rock
Weather
Sunrise 6:03 AMSunset 7:01 PM
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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