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 first Community Hike of the winter 2023 hiking season will be up Puzzle Mountain on Saturday, January 14th! We will meet at 8:30am at the trailhead which is at …
Update: due to the forecasted cold temperatures on Saturday, this hike will now be on Sunday, February 5th! The next Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust community hike will be up …
Our next MATLT Community Hike will be held on Saturday, February 18th at 9am to Four Ponds/Spruce Mountain. This 2,530-foot summit is very close to the famous Height of Land overlook, …
Our next MATLT Community Hike will take place on Saturday, March 18th at 9am – we will be tackling Little Bigelow, the long, lower peak at the east end of …
UPDATE: This hike will now be held on March 25th! Our next Community Hike of the winter will be on Saturday, March 25th at 9:00am. We will be heading up Caribou …
Our first Community Hike of the summer of 2023 will be up Puzzle Mountain on Saturday, June 3rd! We will meet at 8:00am at the trailhead which is at the …
Our next Community Hike will be up East and West Baldpate on July 1st! These two peaks mark the east side of Grafton Notch State Park, with the East Peak …
Our next Community Hike will be up White Cap Mountain on Sunday, July 30th! We will be ascending the White Brook Trail on MATLT lands and then taking the A.T. …
*********LAST MINUTE CHANGE************** Due to poor road conditions to the Mount Abraham Fire Warden Trail, this hike is being switched to a Horns Pond hike! It's an up and back …
Our latest Community Hike will be up 3,862-foot Goose Eye Mountain in Grafton Notch on Saturday, August 19th at 9am! For many years this mountain was only accessible for a …
