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!
Our next Community Hike will be on Saturday, June 22nd, at 9:30am, up Moxie Bald Mountain. This is hike that is not very well known but features prominent views of MATLT’s Bald Mountain Pond conservation project and sweeping views of the A.T. landscape from the Bigelow Range to the Hundred Mile Wilderness. This hike is …
The latest Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust Community Hike will be up Old Speck in Grafton Notch. This challenging yet awesome hike will run via the Appalachian Trail for a total roundtrip hike of 7.6 miles. The summit elevation is 4,170 feet – the fifth highest summit in Maine and the highest in the Mahoosucs/Grafton …
Been awhile since we had this one! The next MATLT Community Hike will be on Saturday, July 27th up Sugarloaf Mountain! This 5.3 mile round trip hike will take you to the top of Maine's second highest free standing mountain, the one with the big ski area on the slopes. Mere words cannot describe to …
Ok, in the wake of the Berry Picker's Trail hike cancellation, we've pulled it together to have a substitute hike that is now open for sign ups. The destination...East and West Baldpate on this coming Saturday, August 31st. These two peaks mark the east side of Grafton Notch State Park, with the East Peak being …
Update: Due to the Potato Hill Road bridge over Orbeton Stream still being out, we've had to cancel this one. Our next Community Hike on the A.T. will be up the Berry Pickers Trail to Saddleback Mountain on Saturday, August 31st, with a meetup on time of 9:30am at Edmund’s Market on Route 4 in …
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. …
Update - this hike will now be on Saturday 1/25! Our Winter Community Hikes program is gearing up for the winter season with a warmup hike to Table Rock in Grafton Notch. We will meet in the parking area in Grafton Notch at 10am on Saturday, January 25th. We'll eat lunch up top if conditions …
The next Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust community hike will be up Old Speck in Grafton Notch! This challenging yet awesome hike will run via the Appalachian Trail for a total roundtrip hike of 7.6 miles. The summit elevation is 4,170 feet – the fifth highest summit in Maine and the highest in the Mahoosucs/Grafton …
Our next Winter Community Hike will be up Bald Mountain in Oquossoc, right between Mooselookmeguntic and Rangeley Lakes, at 10am on Saturday, February 15th. We'll take the Bald Mountain Trail which ascends from the parking area off Bald Mountain Road to the summit of Bald Mountain. The hike each way will be just 1.3 miles. …
Our next MATLT Community Hike will take place on Saturday, March 8th at 10am – we will be tackling Little Bigelow, the long, lower peak at the east end of the Bigelow Range. This hike is approximately 6.2 miles in length and should take at least 6 hours start to finish. It features spectacular views of …
