"Cranberry Pond is a beautiful little pond ringed by a dense mat of sphagnum moss and cranberries. Bog plants such as pitcher plants are common. The trail to the pond passes through a hardwood forest with a varied understory. You pass Rocky Pond near the trailhead. The hike can be extended to include Togue Pond, some interesting wetlands, and a stand of mature red pines.

Cranberry Pond is a small, roundish pond rimmed by rafts of thick sphagnum moss and cranberries. Pitcher plants and other bog denizens are common. A short board-walk leads across marshy ground to the edge of the pond. The hike begins across the Tote Road from the Kettle Pond Trailhead. You descend to the shore of Rocky Pond. The trail passes through a hardwood forest with varied understory. A good hike for spring wildflowers. In no time, you reach the boardwalk that heads out to Cranberry Pond."

--Greg Westrich, Hiking Maine's Baxter State Park (Falcon Guides).