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Long Pond–Echo Lake, 8 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Long Pond–Echo Lake, 8 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back near Southwest Harbor, ME. The route passes Long Pond, Echo Lake Beach, Canada Cliff and Echo Lake before reaching Echo Lake Beach at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 1,262 ft, with sections as steep as 34% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi62 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 34%5.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Beech West Ridge Trail 44.30025, -68.34978
Nearest town Southwest Harbor, ME
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Long Pond–Echo Lake, 8 sights

5 mi · ▲ 1,262 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 62–732 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Beech West Ridge Trail · 44.30025, -68.34978

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:02 AM · sunset 7:05 PM

No dogs on part of this route · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Beech West Ridge Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Long Pond.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Beech Mountain Loop Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Valley Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left onto Canada Cliffs Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.2 miPass Echo Lake Beach.
  7. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  8. 0.3 miPass Canada Cliff.
  9. 0.2 miPass Echo Lake.
  10. 250 ftPass Echo Lake Beach.
  11. 450 ftContinue straight onto Beech Cliff Trail, heading N.
  12. 50 ftReach Long Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Echo Lake Beach Road, heading N.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left onto Canada Cliffs Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right onto Valley Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Beech Mountain Loop Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right onto Beech West Ridge Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.8 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/long-pond-echo-lake-out-back-9-sights

Trail surface

72% dirt5% paved23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:02 AMSunset 7:05 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:05 PM for the 7:05 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • No dogs on part of this route
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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