Champlain Mountain–Sieur de Monts Spring, 8 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 2,001 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Champlain Mountain–Sieur de Monts Spring, 8 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Otter Creek, ME. The route passes Champlain Mountain, The Tarn and Sieur de Monts Spring. It climbs 2,001 ft, with sections as steep as 47% grade, and is mostly rock. It scores 24/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Champlain Mountain–Sieur de Monts Spring, 8 sights
4.8 mi · ▲ 2,001 ft · 2 hr 36 min
Elevation 62–1,055 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Murphy Lane · 44.34898, -68.18777
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 73°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:00 AM · sunset 7:06 PM
No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.6 miPass Champlain Mountain.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Beachcroft Path, heading NW.
- 1.1 miPass The Tarn.
- 400 ftTurn right onto Jesup Path, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Sieur de Monts Spring.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Hemlock Path, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Hemlock Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Champlain Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Hemlock Path, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Jesup Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Beachcroft Path, heading S.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto The Precipice Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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- No dogs on part of this route
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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