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Buck Cove Mountain Trail–Bunker Harbor Bike Path, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Buck Cove Mountain Trail–Bunker Harbor Bike Path, 4 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Birch Harbor, ME. It climbs 482 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi30 – 348 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Buck Cove Mountain Trail 44.38136, -68.05859
Nearest town Birch Harbor, ME
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Buck Cove Mountain Trail–Bunker Harbor Bike Path, 4 sights

5 mi · ▲ 482 ft · 1 hr 54 min

Elevation 29–348 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Buck Cove Mountain Trail · 44.38136, -68.05859

Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 74°F / low 60° · precip 13% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 5:59 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading SE.
  3. 400 ftBear right onto Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading S.
  4. 1.3 miTurn left onto Wonsqueak Bike Path, heading SE.
  5. 0.2 miBear left onto Mountain Brook Bike Path, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear right onto Wonsqueak Bike Path, heading E.
  7. 0.5 miReach Buck Cove Mountain Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miSharp right onto Mountain Brook Bike Path, heading E.
  9. 0.7 miSharp right onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Bunker Harbor Bike Path, heading NE.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading NE.
  12. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftBear left onto Birch Harbor Mountain Bike Path, heading NW.
  14. 400 ftTurn left onto Buck Cove Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/buck-cove-mountain-trail-bunker-harbor-bike-path-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

65% gravel35% unspecified

Weather

FogTemperature 74°F60°
Precip13%Wind6 mphUV5Humidity89%
Rained 0.3″ yesterday (0.4″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
75°60°
Sunrise 5:59 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:05 PM
Sat 67°56°
Sun 66°52°
Mon 71°48°
Tue 69°54°
Wed 61°52° 58%
Thu 68°55° 58%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:22 PM — 13 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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