New Brunswick trails · Dam Beaver
Dam Beaver
A 1.8-mile out-and-back in New Brunswick, with 30 ft of climbing. Reaches MacFarlane Lake.
Length
1.8 mi
Elevation gain
30 ft
Difficulty
Easy
Max grade
7%
Steepest mile
+30 ft
Shape
out-and-back
Surface
Dirt
Bikes
yes
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 1.8 miles.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- MacFarlane Lake (lake)
Heads up
Stream ford: expect at least one unbridged crossing.
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:08 a.m., the sun rises at 7:38 a.m. and sets at 6:40 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:10 p.m. (ADT) — 11 h 02 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 3.5-mile round trip takes roughly 1 h 20 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 8:58 a.m. — 9 h 42 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Main Double Track + Dam Beaver + Huntin' In Here — 4.6 mi loop, 297 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Zoo Trail — 9.7 mi
- Tynemouth Creek to Duck Pond Beach — 14.2 mi
- Sheldon Point Trail — 15.6 mi
- Split Rock Trail — 22.3 mi