Long Pond Trail
- 0.2 mi
- round trip
- 39 ft
- climb
- 1,162 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Sep
- best months
Long Pond Trail is a short, easy cross-country ski route in Katahdin Iron Works, a non-governmental land unit in Maine. The trail is an out-and-back of about half a mile, with a high point of 1,162 feet and a low of 1,146 feet. The climb is front-loaded, with the steepest stretch at about 0.19 miles in, and the total gain and loss are each about 39 feet. Winter is the natural season for this trail. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Greenville show January highs around 23°F with lows near 5°F, while December and January bring the most wet days of the year. The station sits about 125 feet lower than the trail, so temperatures on the route run slightly cooler. The trail sits among several other ski routes. Chairback Mountain Road and Third Mountain Trail are each about 0.2 miles away, and Hermit Point Trail is about 0.4 miles off. For hiking, the Gorman Loop Trail is about a mile away.
Best time to go · Sep
Best time to visit Long 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, 13.4 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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