Maine trails · Deer Hill Trail
Deer Hill Trail
A 2.5-mile out-and-back in Maine, with 891 ft of climbing. Reaches Little Deer Hill and other summit destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 58% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 0.8. It gives back about 942 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Little Deer Hill (summit)
- Deer Hill (summit)
Getting there
DEER HILL SPRING HILL PARKING LOT — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 1 h 51 min drive (52 mi, 5 of them unpaved) from Lewiston. 44.22148, -70.98875 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:28 a.m., the sun rises at 6:57 a.m. and sets at 6:02 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:31 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 05 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 5.0-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 45 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:41 a.m. — 8 h 20 min before sunset.
Across the border
- Continues into NH as LEACH LINK TRAIL — view on the map
Nearby trails
- Conant Trail — 0.6 mi
- Royce Trail — 3.2 mi
- Bickford Brook Trail — 3.2 mi
- Cold Brook Trail — 4.7 mi