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Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley)

Flying Moose Tote Road & Trail & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road

3 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Flying Moose Tote Road & Trail & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road is a 3-mile out-and-back in Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley) near Winkumpaugh Corners, ME. It climbs 834 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi226 – 682 ft · steepest grade: 26%3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Diamond Road 44.60406, -68.63855
Nearest town Winkumpaugh Corners, ME
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Flying Moose Tote Road & Trail & Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport via Diamond Road

3 mi · ▲ 834 ft · 1 hr 25 min

Elevation 225–682 ft

Out & Back · Great Pond Mountain Wildlands (Hothole Valley)

Trailhead: Diamond Road · 44.60406, -68.63855

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 68°F / low 57° · precip 7% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:03 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Diamond Road, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right onto Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Flying Moose Tote Road & Trail, heading N.
  4. 1 miReach Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1 miTurn right onto Snowmobile Flag Hill Bucksport, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Diamond Road, heading S.
  7. 500 ftArrive 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/flying-moose-tote-road-trail-snowmobile-flag-hill-bucksport-out-back

Weather

OvercastTemperature 68°F57°
Precip7%Wind9 mphUV4Humidity92%
Rained 0.5″ 2 days ago (0.6″ over the last week) · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperature
70°55°
Sunrise 6:03 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM9 PMSunset 7:06 PM
Sun 65°50°
Mon 78°45°
Tue 70°49°
Wed 64°45° 65%
Thu 71°50° 65%
Fri 61°45°

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~26 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:34 PM — 2 min before dark.

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