Long Pond–Echo Lake, 7 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Long Pond–Echo Lake, 7 sights is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Hall Quarry, ME. The route passes Echo Lake Beach, Echo Lake and Canada Cliff before reaching Long Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,259 ft, with sections as steep as 37% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 47/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Long Pond–Echo Lake, 7 sights
4.9 mi · ▲ 1,259 ft · 2 hr 16 min
Elevation 62–732 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Echo Lake Beach Road · 44.31324, -68.33685
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 7:05 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Echo Lake Beach.
- 50 ftPass Echo Lake.
- 0.2 miPass Canada Cliff.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Canada Cliffs Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Valley Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beech Mountain Loop Trail, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Beech West Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 0.9 miReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Canada Cliffs Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 5:53 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Echo Lake Beach Road Trailhead
- Beech Mountain Viewpoint–Echo Lake, 5 beaches 2.7 mi · ▲ 634 ft
- Beech Mountain–Echo Lake Loop, 10 sights 4.3 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft
- Beech Mountain–Long Pond, 10 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 1,270 ft
- Mansell Mountain–Long Pond Loop, 13 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 2,010 ft
- Long Pond–Echo Lake, 10 sights 7.5 mi · ▲ 1,615 ft
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