Penobscot Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 8 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Penobscot Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 8 sights is a 6.6-mile out-and-back near Northeast Harbor, ME. The route passes Lower Hadlock Pond, Upper Hadlock Pond, Upper Hadlock Pond and 3 more before reaching Penobscot Mountain at the turnaround, 3.3 miles in. It climbs 1,392 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Penobscot Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 8 sights
6.6 mi · ▲ 1,392 ft · 2 hr 54 min
Elevation 92–1,220 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.
- 0.7 miPass Upper Hadlock Pond.
- 0.3 miPass Upper Hadlock Pond.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Carriage Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Carriage Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Hadlock Brook Trail, heading NW.
- 0.4 miPass Hadlock Falls.
- 0.7 miPass Sargent Mountain Pond.
- 150 ftSharp right onto Sargent South Ridge Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Sargent Mountain Pond.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Penobscot Mountain Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Penobscot Mountain, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Sargent South Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Hadlock Brook Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Carriage Road, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Carriage Road, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Hadlock Ponds Trail, heading SE.
- 1 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 SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.0 mi in (~100 min). Leave by 5:04 PM for the 7:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Dogs allowed on leash
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lower Hadlock Pond–Golf Course Trail, 3 sights 2.5 mi · ▲ 876 ft
- Hadlock Falls–Upper Hadlock Pond, 5 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 594 ft
- Cedar Swamp Mountain–Hadlock Falls, 7 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 823 ft
- Eliot Mountain–Lower Hadlock Pond, 5 sights 6.1 mi · ▲ 492 ft
- Lower Hadlock Pond–Little Long Pond, 5 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 751 ft
- Gilmore Peak–Sargent Mountain, 10 sights 8.6 mi · ▲ 2,647 ft
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