Emmit Brook Trail
- 1.4 mi
- round trip
- 513 ft
- climb
- 1,527 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Emmit Brook Trail is a cross-country ski route in Maine, set within The Roaches CE, a land unit managed by a non-governmental organization. The trail is an out-and-back, about 2.8 miles long, with a total climb of 513 feet from the low point at 1,281 feet to the high at 1,527 feet. The steepest stretch comes at about 0.5 miles in, with a 7% grade. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Greenville, which sits roughly 500 feet lower, show January highs around 23°F and lows near 5°F, with February similar. Temperatures on the trail run cooler than those figures. Several other routes lie close by. Shaw Mountain Cutoff is about 0.3 miles away, and Shaw Mountain Trail is about 0.4 miles off. Shaw Mountain Road and Lakeside Trail are both within about a mile and a half.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Emmit Brook 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, 19.6 mi away at 1,037 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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