Maine trails · Little Moose Mountain Trail
Little Moose Mountain Trail
A 5.9-mile out-and-back in Maine, with 916 ft of climbing. Reaches Papoose Pond and other lake/summit destinations. Managed by Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 52% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 2.0. It gives back about 1,497 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Papoose Pond (lake)
- Little Notch Pond (lake)
- Little Moose Mountain (summit)
Heads up
Daylight at the trailhead
On August 31, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 5:28 a.m., the sun rises at 5:58 a.m. and sets at 7:18 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:49 p.m. (EDT) — 13 h 20 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 11.8-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 18 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:16 a.m. — 8 h 02 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Rim Trail — 18.7 mi
- Baker Mountain Trail — 19.0 mi
- Snowmobile ITS 89 — 19.8 mi
- Snowmobile ITS 87 — 27.6 mi