Post Office Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Post Office Trail is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in Blue Hill Mountain near Blue Hill, ME. It climbs 1,375 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Post Office Trail
5.1 mi · ▲ 1,375 ft · 2 hr 23 min
Elevation 26–890 ft
Out & Back · Blue Hill Mountain
Trailhead: 44.42915, -68.58301
Weather Sep 4: Fog, high 75°F / low 61° · precip 19% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:01 AM · sunset 7:07 PM
- Start on Osgood Trail, heading NW.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Hayes Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miSharp left onto Osgood Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miReach Post Office Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miSharp right onto Hayes Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Osgood Trail, heading NE.
- 0.7 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:02 PM for the 7:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Blue Hill Mountain & Osgood Viewpoint via Osgood Trail 2 mi · ▲ 582 ft
- Blue Hill Mountain–Osgood Viewpoint, 3 summits 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,213 ft
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