Baker Pond Trail
- 0.5 mi
- round trip
- 205 ft
- climb
- 1,673 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Baker Pond Trail is a short, out-and-back cross-country ski route in the Katahdin Iron Works, a non-governmental land unit in Maine. The trail is just under a mile long, with a high point of about 1,673 feet and a low of about 1,625 feet. It rises from a starting elevation of about 1,638 feet, with the steepest stretch at about 7% grade near the beginning. Winter is the natural season for this route. Typical January highs run around 23°F with lows near 5°F at a nearby weather station in Greenville, and February is similar. The station sits well below the trail, so temperatures on the higher ground run cooler. The Baker Loop Trail starts just 0.1 mile away, and the Pearl Ponds Trail and Horseshoe Pond Trail are both within about a mile. For hiking, the Brook Trail lies roughly 1.5 miles off.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Baker Pond Trail
Best months: September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
23° / 5°
13 wet
Feb
25° / 7°
12 wet
Mar
34° / 17°
13 wet
Apr
46° / 29°
13 wet
May
62° / 41°
14 wet
Jun
70° / 51°
14 wet
Jul
75° / 57°
15 wet
Aug
74° / 56°
13 wet
Sep
66° / 48°
11 wet
Oct
52° / 37°
13 wet
Nov
39° / 26°
14 wet
Dec
28° / 15°
16 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Greenville Maine Forestry Svc, ME, 10.2 mi away at 1,037 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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