New Brunswick trails · Coastal Trail
Coastal Trail
A 5.6-mile out-and-back in New Brunswick, with 504 ft of climbing. Reaches Devils Hill and other lake/summit/viewpoint destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 45% of the ascent falls between mile 1.9 and mile 3.7. It gives back about 1,250 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Devils Hill (summit)
- McLaren Pond (lake)
- Matthews Head (viewpoint)
- Squaws Cap Look-off (viewpoint)
Getting there
Coastal Trail access. 45.55312, -65.01130 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:04 a.m., the sun rises at 7:34 a.m. and sets at 6:36 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:06 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 11.2-mile round trip takes roughly 4 h 39 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 12:13 p.m. — 6 h 23 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Matthews Head + Coastal Trail — 4.8 mi loop, 711 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Marven Lake — 0.5 mi
- Foster Brook — 1.7 mi
- Maple Grove — 2.3 mi
- Tippen Lot North — 2.3 mi