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Day Mountain–The Cleft, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Day Mountain–The Cleft, 5 sights is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Seal Harbor, ME. The route passes Day Mountain and The Cleft. It climbs 474 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi154 – 581 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Day Mountain Trail 44.29935, -68.22770
Nearest town Seal Harbor, ME
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Day Mountain–The Cleft, 5 sights

4.8 mi · ▲ 474 ft · 1 hr 50 min

Elevation 154–581 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Day Mountain Trail · 44.29935, -68.22770

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 7:02 PM

Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Day Mountain Trail, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Day Mountain Carriage Road, heading W.
  3. 0.6 miBear left onto ANP Carriage Trail, heading NW.
  4. 100 ftBear left onto Carriage Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right onto Carriage Road, heading N.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto Seaside Path, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
  8. 300 ftBear right onto Seaside Path, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miReach Day Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right onto Seaside Path, heading W.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.8 miTurn right onto Hunters Brook Trail, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left onto Carriage Road, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 100 ftContinue straight onto Day Mountain Trail, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miPass Day Mountain.
  18. 0.2 miPass The Cleft.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right onto Day Mountain Carriage Road, heading SE.
  20. 150 ftTurn left onto Day Mountain Trail, heading SE.
  21. 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/day-mountain-the-cleft-out-back-5-sights-8-km-688f

Trail surface

61% gravel39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:02 AMSunset 7:02 PM

Good to know

  • Dogs allowed on leash
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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