About the Community Hikes Program
The Maine A.T. Land Trust’s Community Hikes program provides free guided hiking trips to the general public from May to October and then from January to March. There are typically two to three hikes per month (depending on weather) and trips are guided by trained trip leaders. The program has been enormously successful at bringing individuals to the A.T. landscape but they can fill up quickly! The limit for participants is usually 5-8 individuals. If a hike you would like to attend is currently filled up, please email us at info@matlt.org to get on the waiting list. Summer hikes will be listed in May, winter hikes will be listed in December, so check back if you don’t see any!
Fall 2024 Update
We typically have 3-4 hikes in the fall season but due to some trip leader travel and downtime, we will probably be offering fewer this fall. But please continue to check back and sign up for the MATLT newsletter to make sure you know when new hikes are posted!
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East Royce Mountain Hike
October 5 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free
Bonus hike alert! Our first Community Hike of the fall will be up East Royce Mountain in Evans Notch, in the Maine portion of the White Mountain National Forest. East Royce is not on the A.T. but is pretty close to it and is in the same landscape ecologically so that’s good enough for us.
We will be taking the East Royce Trail which located on Route 113 in Evans Notch. The hike is short but fairly steep and approximately 3.2 miles there and back, giving it a rating of vigorous. Information about the route can be found at Maine Trail Finder. This is also a Maine Natural Heritage Hike and there’s great information here.
Meetup time will be 10am at the location above and we will be in touch about weather, carpooling and other details in the week before the hike. You must RSVP for this hike below or by contacting us at info@matlt.org!