Maine trails · Cold Brook Trail
Cold Brook Trail
A 4.7-mile out-and-back in Maine, with 2,397 ft of climbing. Reaches Speckled Mountain. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the final third: 49% of the ascent falls between mile 3.1 and mile 4.7. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Speckled Mountain (summit)
Getting there
Cold Brook Trail access. 44.25368, -70.90606 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:35 a.m., the sun rises at 6:05 a.m. and sets at 7:22 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:52 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 17 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.3-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 51 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:56 a.m. — 7 h 26 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Miles Notch Trail — 1.2 mi
- Red Rock — 3.5 mi
- Conant Trail — 4.2 mi
- Royce Trail — 4.9 mi