Eliot Mountain–Lower Hadlock Pond, 5 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Eliot Mountain–Lower Hadlock Pond, 5 sights is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Northeast Harbor, ME. The route passes Lower Hadlock Pond before reaching Eliot Mountain at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 492 ft. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi92 – 449 ft6.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.30825, -68.29886
Nearest town Northeast Harbor, ME
Directions
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Eliot Mountain–Lower Hadlock Pond, 5 sights
6.1 mi · ▲ 492 ft · 2 hr 17 min
Elevation 92–451 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 44.30825, -68.29886
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 68°F / low 57° · precip 2% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:01 AM · sunset 7:04 PM
Dogs allowed on leash · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Water Pipe Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miPass Lower Hadlock Pond.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Norumbega Mountain Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miSharp right onto Lower Hadlock Trail, heading N.
- 0.7 miSharp right onto Carriage Road, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sargent South Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Asticou & Jordan Pond Path, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Asticou Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 miReach Eliot Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Asticou & Jordan Pond Path, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sargent South Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Around-Mountain Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Carriage Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Lower Hadlock Trail, heading NW.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Norumbega Mountain Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Water Pipe Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
22% gravel17% dirt61% unspecified
Weather
OvercastTemperature 68°F57°
Precip2%Wind10 mphUV4Humidity88%
Rained 0.7″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
70°55°
Sunrise 6:01 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:04 PM
Sun
67°52°
Mon
76°48°
Tue
70°52°
Wed
63°47°
60%
Thu
73°51°
60%
Fri
61°47°
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Hadlock Falls–Upper Hadlock Pond, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 594 ft
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- Penobscot Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 8 sights 6.6 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft
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