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Best Hiking in Maine

This list represents the most popular hiking in Maine (learn more about Top Trails). Use this list to plan your next Maine hiking trip. Select a state and/or activity below to find even more top trails.

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#1. Mount Katahdin via the Knife Edge

  
A day hike to the top of Mount Katahdin along a granite ridge called the Knife Edge. One of the most spectacular and breathtaking hikes in the East, with views of Moosehead Lake, the Penobscot River,…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Millinocket , ME - Hiking - 9.5 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#2. Appalachian Trail: Mount Katahdin

  
Legendary along the AT, the jagged, treeless profile of Mount Katahdin seems incongruous among other rounded, forested Appalachian peaks. The glaciers never reached high enough to smooth off Katahdin…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Millinocket , ME - Hiking - 10.4 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Stackpole Books

#3. Acadia Mountain Trail

  
One of Acadia’s more popular trails west of Somes Sound, the Acadia Mountain Trail is a tough scramble up to spectacular views of Somes Sound, the ocean, and surrounding mountains. But as strenuous as…
From the guidebook "Hiking Acadia National Park"
Southwest Harbor , ME - Hiking - 2.8 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#4. Mount Katahdin - Maine Highpoint

  
Highpoint rank by height: 22nd. Mount Katahdin’s (kuh-TAHD-uhn) summit, Baxter Peak, marks the northern terminus of the 2,160 mile (3,456 km) Appalachian Trail (AT) that starts at Springer Mountain in…
From the guidebook "Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints"
Millinocket , ME - Hiking - 10.4 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Winger Books

#5. Gulf Hagas

  
A hike along a gorge with steep cliffs and waterfalls. This beautiful canyon and the land around it was proclaimed a national landmark in 1968. As such, it is off-limits to logging. This hike takes pl…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Milo , ME - Hiking - 6.5 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#6. Appalachian Trail: White Cap Mountain

  
White Cap Mountain stands like a great sentinel in the heart of the 100 Mile Wilderness. At 3644 feet, it is the highest peak in the region and the only one to rise into the alpine plant zone. This…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Brownville Junction , ME - Hiking - 28.1 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Stackpole Books

#7. Bald Rock Mountain

  
A day hike to the summit of a mountain overlooking the upper reaches of Penobscot Bay. The view from the summit is spectacular, and the trail is never crowded. In winter, the Ski Shelter Trail is used…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Camden , ME - Hiking - 3.6 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#8. Appalachian Trail: Mahoosuc Notch

  
Is Mahoosuc Notch really the "Toughest Mile of the AT?" Although selecting just one of the 2150-odd miles of the AT might seem impossibly subjective, every AT hiker will eventually hear the reputatio…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Upton , ME - Hiking - 9.4 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Stackpole Books

#9. Appalachian Trail: Baldpate Mountain

  
The trail through Baldpate is popular and well marked, making it a good choice for strong hikers looking for a pleasant day hike. Baldpate Mountain is in western Oxford County, roughly 7 miles east o…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Bethel , ME - Hiking - 8 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Stackpole Books

#10. Cadillac Mountain North Ridge Trail

  
The Cadillac Mountain North Ridge Trail follows old Native American footpaths and a former buckboard road up spectacular 1,532-foot Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the Atlantic coast. Like man…
From the guidebook "Hiking Acadia National Park"
Bar Harbor , ME - Hiking - 4.4 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#11. Bradbury Mountain State Park

  
A hike on a woodland loop and to the summit of a lone mountain. Bradbury Mountain State Park is a quiet, attractive park in southern Maine, not far from several other trailheads. Woodland campsites he…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Pownal , ME - Hiking - 1.3 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#12. Appalachian Trail: Saddleback Mountain & Mount Abraham

  
The Saddleback Mountain hike offers some of the finest alpine scenery in the state, and the summit provides a stunning panoramic view of the mountains and lake country of western Maine. Saddleback -…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Rangeley , ME - Hiking - 14.6 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Stackpole Books

#13. Marginal Way

  
A village hike along a mile-long headland on the Atlantic Ocean. Marginal Way is probably the most popular village walk in Maine. The village of Ogunquit is a famous tourist town, full of curio shops…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Ogunquit , ME - Hiking - 1 mile    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#14. Mount Battle and Mount Megunticook

  
A day hike to two mountain summits with panoramic views from an ocean lookout. General location: Near the village of Camden in Knox County, midcoastal Maine.…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Camden , ME - Hiking - 4 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#15. Bigelow Range

  
A long day hike traversing the heart of the Bigelow Range, including the 4,150-foot summit of West Peak. Lengthy ridge walks and fine views, as well as strenuous hiking in a limited alpine environment…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Stratton , ME - Hiking - 12 miles    Best Trail in ME - Click to view all (About Top Trails)
Published by Falcon Publishing

#16. Appalachian Trail: Old Speck

  
You might expect the name "Old Speck" to be attached to a friendly grizzled dog rather than to the highest peak of the ferocious Mahoosuc Range, and in some ways Old Speck, Maine's third-highest peak,…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
Upton , ME - Hiking - 8.4 miles   
Published by Stackpole Books

#17. Precipice Trail

  
One of the steepest and most dramatic climbs in Acadia, the Precipice Trail ascends 930 feet in 0.8 mile, taking you by cliffs where peregrine falcons have begun breeding again and providing you with…
From the guidebook "Hiking Acadia National Park"
Bar Harbor , ME - Hiking - 3.1 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

#18. Ring and Blueberry Buff Trails

  
A climb through mixed woods past ledge outlooks to the 691-foot summit for distant views of the Atlantic coast. Mount Agamenticus is a monadnock, the highest point in York County and a salient landmar…
From the guidebook "Nature Walks along the Seacoast: Massachusetts, New Hampshire, & Maine"
York , ME - Hiking - 1.8 miles   
Published by Appalachian Mountain Club Books

#19. Appalachian Trail: Carry Ponds

  
This hike combines beautiful forest scenes with the scene of a dramatic moment in American history. Winding through a series of ponds, along streams and across the Kennebec River, the path also cross…
From the guidebook "Exploring the Appalachian Trail: Hikes in Northern New England"
New Portland , ME - Hiking - 17.5 miles   
Published by Stackpole Books

#20. Portland Trails

  
A hike along Baxter Boulevard in Portland, going completely around Back Cove, a nearly round cove of Casco Bay. The Back Cove Trail represents a pleasant diversion for a visitor to the city. The route…
From the guidebook "Hiking Maine"
Portland , ME - Hiking - 3.75 miles   
Published by Falcon Publishing

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