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!
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: 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 …
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 …
