Maine trails · Mount Abraham Trail
Mount Abraham Trail
A 3.8-mile out-and-back in Maine, with 2,894 ft of climbing. Reaches Mount Abraham.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 67% of the ascent, between mile 2.6 and mile 3.8. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Mount Abraham (summit)
Getting there
Mount Abraham Trail access. About 1 h 58 min drive (67 mi, 3 of them unpaved) from Augusta. 44.96794, -70.26025 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:25 a.m., the sun rises at 6:55 a.m. and sets at 5:58 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:27 p.m. (EDT) — 11 h 03 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 7.7-mile round trip takes roughly 5 h 44 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:39 p.m. — 5 h 19 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Fire Wardens Trail — 10.5 mi
- Little Jackson Mountain Trail — 20.3 mi