Day Hiking in the Western Maine Mountains by Doug Dunlap

Day Hiking in the Western Maine Mountains by Doug Dunlap

Author:Doug Dunlap
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2020-11-26T00:00:00+00:00


Stratton Brook Hut and Oak Knoll

Maine Huts and Trails

Carrabassett Valley

Trailhead: Maine Huts and Trails (MHT), Stratton Brook Hut Trailhead, 0.1 mile north of the Sugarloaf Access Road, off Maine Highway 27 (sign). Or Campbell Field Trailhead 0.1 mile south of the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center on Highway 27, on north (river) side of the road. Both trailheads have trail kiosks with map displays, and vault toilets.

Nearest Town: Carrabassett Valley

Maps: Delorme Maine Atlas Map #29, 4-C;

Maine Huts and Trails System Map;

USGS: Sugarloaf Mountain

Elevation: 1880ʹ

Elevation gain: 600ʹ

Overview: 3.0 mile one-way (6.0 miles round trip) hike to 1880' elevation ridge-top Stratton Brook Hut of Maine Huts and Trails (MHT). The Hut is located in a clearing bordered by a stand of Red Oak. The trail, designed for cross-country ski travel in winter, is up to 10ʹ wide, and graded—and therefore without the rocks and roots common on many mountain hiking trails. The Hut is at the highest elevation of all huts in the MHT system at this writing. Outstanding views northward to the Bigelow Range, including the High Peaks of West Peak and Avery Peak; and south to Sugarloaf and Burnt Mountains.

Variety of day and overnight use itineraries possible in the area, including an up-and-back hike on the same trail; ascent by one route, and descent by the other; and access to connecting trails of the MHT System. The Crommett Trail, accessed by the Newton’s Revenge Trail toward the Hut, and which affords more itinerary options, is described elsewhere in this book.

The 3.0 mile trail begins on the level terrain of the former Narrow Gauge Railway bed; then climbs steadily, and in the final 0.9 mile, steeply, to reach the Hut via the Newton's Revenge Trail. Oak Knoll Trail departs Newton’s Revenge 0.6 miles from the Narrow Gauge Pathway to ascend steadily to a high plateau, traverse the western slope of the knoll, then climbs to a superb northwest lookout point before ending at the Hut.



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